{"id":1468,"date":"2024-02-25T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theoikonomist.com\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2024-02-26T00:41:56","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T00:41:56","slug":"lent-2024-week-2-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theoikonomist.com\/?p=1468","title":{"rendered":"Lent 2024 | Week 2: COMMUNITY"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Every week on Sunday we will be posting a new set of reflection questions based on themes and areas of our lives that are important to look at on a deeper level. We hope this is a chance to take some time to look inward, to process, to ask intentional questions about your life and bring those reflections to God, asking him to show us what is going well and what might need to change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The second area of life we are going to reflect on is\u00a0<em>community<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Why Community:<\/strong> We do not live in isolation.\u00a0 We live in a world surrounded by other human beings, most are strangers, some are friends.\u00a0 The people we choose to spend our time with and our energy thinking about have major effects on us and how we encounter the world.\u00a0 It is good, therefore, to take time to reflect on these communities we have built.\u00a0 To get curious about how they affect us.\u00a0 To get intentional about who we surround ourselves with on a regular basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Reflection: <\/strong>Here are some reflection questions to help you work through this topic.\u00a0 Feel free to answer all of them or just some, and if you\u2019re not sure of the answer, try journaling about why you\u2019re not sure of it\u2026it may just help you figure it out!\u00a0 If you\u2019re an extrovert or a verbal processor, try going through these questions with a friend!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Who do I spend most of my time with? Does spending time with this person\/these people fill me? Edify me? Agitate me? Draw me closer to or further from God?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What do I tend to do with other people?\u00a0 Why?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is there something I wish I did with others that I could start doing or do more of?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is there something I do with others that I need a break from &#8211; it takes up too much time\/energy\/doesn\u2019t bring me closer to the \u201cgood life\u201d God wants for me?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Pray with me: <\/strong>Lord, you have created this world full of people.\u00a0 Show me the ones you have called into my life for a purpose and show me those that I may need to take some space from for a time.\u00a0 You have given us the gift of community, of togetherness.\u00a0 Please inspire me as to what this can look life in this life you have given me.\u00a0 Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Bonus:<\/strong> If you make it through the thematic list of journaling prompts this week and would like some more general ones to guide you, try some of these:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Am I noticing any changes in myself or my spiritual life as I journey through Lent?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What has been heavy on my heart or mind today?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How do I feel today? 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