We belong to each other

Each day the Lord is teaching me something new about what being in relationship with Him means. Recently, I’ve been learning a lot about prayer, what living in community really is, and their relation to each other. It’s not about always seeing each other and it’s not about being best friends. The closer we become to the Lord through prayer, the closer we can become to our brothers and sisters. God remains in our brothers and sisters just as he remains in us. When we recognize God’s presence in our own hearts, we will also be able to recognize God in the hearts of our brothers and sisters. The same is true if we recognize the demons in ourselves. When we see only demons in ourselves and when we focus on the turmoil in our lives, we are only able to recognize that in others, but when we recognize and see God in ourselves, we are able to see God in others. Prayer is the way we get to know the Father’s heart and when we pray, we enter into His presence. It is not a sign of weakness when we say we need to pray for one another. In fact, it is just the opposite. When we pray for each other we are entering His presence and actively acknowledging that, as children of God, we belong to each other.