I recently caught a TV programme on herbs and what this herbalist from Eu Yan Sang said was that when each individual herb is brewed on its own, it may not yield a remedy that is healthful.
However when the right mix of berries, seeds, leaves and roots are selected and brewed together, a magical transformation takes place and drinking the resulting decoction efficaciously heals and brings the body back into harmony.
This simple truth is reflected in cooking where the right marriage of ingredients creates a harmonious explosion of flavours on the palate, and a fecund spiritual life.
As individuals, we are each gifted with unique talents which we first utilise to reap financial gain and work towards a physically comfortable life for ourselves. Nothing wrong in that at all.
But man/woman was not created to be alone. We were created to live in community, the family being the most basic unit of community.
As such, when we use our talents for others, sharing in love what we have and what we can and want to bring to the table, the beneficiary is not only the receiver, but the giver as well.
I have experienced this as a reality in ICPE's W2W Ministry. As a community of women, we gather weekly to share our life experiences, giving thanks to the One who made it all possible, bonded by our love for Christ and our sincere desire to grow into mature women of faith.
The honesty and vulnerability of each woman makes each meeting a sacred space that Jesus enters and is powerfully present. There are many insights and much healing for something indefinably potent happens when a community prays together that is different from solitary prayer.
If you're serious about spiritual growth in life, consider the power of community and experience how unity in diversity makes for quantum leaps in faith and character building.
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