We were all asked to commit to participate in groups of 24 people for 24 days. Within our groups each of us are partnering with another person, assigned to us by Jon's staff, for this time period.
We have each chosen a goal, a risk, an adventure; something we want to do to improve our lives or the lives of others; something fear prevented us from doing in the past; and we have this 24 day challenge to work toward those goals. We also committed to helping our group partners do the same during this time.
To say that this is exciting is such an understatement! We created communities and began relationships even before we were given our groups and our partners. Was that one of Jon's goals in this experiment? My guess is the answer to that question is not just yes, but heck yea!
We are created for community, and given the opportunity, we will naturally gravitate toward others. God knew we needed companionship when he created humans, and He desires companionship with us.
Genesis 2:18, 21-24
New Living Translation (NLT)
18 Then the Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper who is just right for him.”
21 So the Lord God caused the man to fall into a deep sleep. While the man slept, the Lord God took out one of the man’s ribs[b] and closed up the opening. 22 Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib, and he brought her to the man.
23 “At last!” the man exclaimed.
“This one is bone from my bone,
and flesh from my flesh!
She will be called ‘woman,’
because she was taken from ‘man.’”
and flesh from my flesh!
She will be called ‘woman,’
because she was taken from ‘man.’”
24 This explains why a man leaves his father and mother and is joined to his wife, and the two are united into one.
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