Nehemiah’s plan for rebuilding the wall of Jerusalem seems
to correlate well with the heart of God and His primary messages to mankind.
Tend to the damage that is closest to you. Do your work to repair your part of
the wall. Work with those nearest
to you to build something strong. Be
watchful for that which could damage or destroy you. It sounds like community and connectedness to me.
Maybe if we tended to the condition of our
own hearts and homes and workplaces and neighbors, we’d see more healthy
communities. If we built well where we are, we’d probably have a lot more to
offer others as well, for there is surely more that well-formed groups can
do. It just seems that the running
from and the running to, all the escapism, and all the quest for domination
that compels mankind creates a lot of chaos.
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