Community

I have become a huge fan of a sitcom on NBC called Community. For those of you who have no idea what I'm talking about, it stars Joel McHale who plays a former attorney who got disbarred because he faked his education, and now he has to start over in college. Except it's community college. He quickly forms an odd but absolutely hilarious friendship with a group of people in his Spanish class to study together and try to survive, but they quickly become so much more than a study group.

Like Joel McHale and his misfit friends, we all need somebody. I really don't know where we came up with this idea that isolation is godliness or that us and God is all we need. Neither is true. Let's go back to the Garden of Eden for a few moments. Adam was in the garden in perfect fellowship with his creator. Sin had not yet entered the world. Adam could walk with God in the cool of the day with no barrier between them. God looked down on Adam and made a startling statement. He said it was not good for man to be alone.

If God was all we needed, Eve would have never been created. Adam could have remained in perfect fellowship with God, but God knew we needed more. Even from creation, we were hard wired to need people in our lives. Community.

If you take cues on faith from monks secluded in some mountains I couldn't even spell, you are missing the best part of your life. Although there are times to be alone, God never intended for your life to be alone. Who are you doing life with? What role do friendships play in your life?