Breaking up with your body is hard to do.

Imagine you wake up tomorrow morning and your hand was gone. 

Nothing. 

Wrist up, gone. You notice a note on your desk.

It's a letter to the rest of you from.... what? Your hand?!?!

Super weird. 

So, you do the logical thing. You start reading your hand’s letter to you. 

No? You'd never do that? Don't be a debbie downer. Just play along and read the letter okay?

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DEAR REST OF THE BODY, 

Hey, Its 'hands'. 

I know its weird taking off in the middle of the night but to tell you the truth, I just wasn't feeling the whole body thing anymore. 

I mean, don't get me wrong. We've had great times. 

Like when we went on a date with what's her face and I accidentally touched her leg. Yea that was fun. 

I also will never forget when I was ‘digging for gold’ without realizing she was watching. 
Good times indeed. Unfortunately though I gotta say goodbye. 

Please don't take this personally. Its not you, its me. 

I just don't feel connected. I know we've been together for a while but honestly I've just never really felt valued by you. 

And on top of that, the eye and I got into a fight cause I accidentally poked him and of course he starts crying. 

Now I'm not one to point the finger but he's an eye. Shouldn't he have seen it coming? 

Anyways, all this to say, I've decided I'm just gonna do this on my own. 

Yes I support the body and I hope it does well. And i'll still show up at Christmas and Easter. Maybe an occasional text here and there. 

Just don't expect any kind of commitment from me. I know its weird to say that after so long. 

Maybe I'm just not wired to be a part of the body? We both know I've always preferred to stay hidden in your pockets anyways. 

Well, I wish you the best.

Don't worry about me. I'm a hand, I'll be okay. I can make it on my own. I can write, text, build, carry, clean, sign, motion and shake. 

I just have to try hard.  I have to remember my destiny. I can do this. 

Plus I'm meeting up with a bunch of other hands who are also moving on from their respective bodies. Together we'll make a great set of uh, hands. 

Imagine the possibilities.

-Sincerely, 
YOUR HANDS. 

P:S- Sorry for typos. Its hard writing blindly when you're just a pair of hands. 
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Alright fine, that was bizarre but did you know that's actually the kind of image the bible draws of biblical community?

In Romans 12:3-5, Paul cautions us to not think too highly of ourselves because every Christian belongs to the community of Christ like parts of a physical body belong to a physical body.

In other words, Paul is saying don't buy into this "I can do it on my own” Rambo persona that you're preaching to yourself. 

If you're gonna buy something, let it be that you need authentic community as much as you need air. 

Living independent of authentic community and trying to be all God created you to be is like a hand trying to be all it can be independent of a physical body. 

Its impossible and gross. 

You will NEVER be who God has called you to be outside of the context of authentic community.

Please read that again. Let it soak in. You have zero shot at loving, glorifying and exalting Jesus with your life unless you are connected and sharing life in biblical community.

K. Lets talk.

What are some reasons why most Christians live life outside of authentic communities? 

Also, what's the most authentic community you've ever personally witnessed and why?

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