Camille N. Moore

There was a time when community was everything. Remember neighborhoods? No
really, real neighborhoods. People knew one another and loved one another by choice, on purpose. We shared in one another’s victories, defeats, grief, hopes and dreams. There was a genuine sense of communal integrity as we grew together. This was not that long ago, yet, it feels too long ago.

Remember playing outside with the kids in your neighborhood and their parents not
needing permission to discipline you? And please definitely don’t act up in front of one of the neighborhood grandparents. You will for sure be dealt with followed by some loving words of wisdom.

We all knew God and loved Him. Even if you didn’t go to church there was a reverence for God. Not the universe, not spirituality, but the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Heck, back then, there was no need to add that, everyone knew if you said God, you meant the God of the bible.

There was true community and less individualism.

Have we bought into the American Dream at the cost of these interwoven relationships that were the heartbeat of our culture? Our community? How can a little girl go missing and no one see anything? How can the family down the street be without food and the rest of the neighborhood go unphased? How can your neighbor be trafficking women and holding them against their will for years and no one have any indication?

Time and time again, we hear the same line “I can’t believe this is happening in my
neighborhood,” or “I’m in shock. He was a quiet man, seemed nice enough, kept to
himself.”

We have forgotten who we are and the beliefs that had been passed down to us until maybe they weren’t. Where did the disconnect happen?

As we rush off to make the mighty dollar and live the lives we always knew and
dreamed we could have, I do not believe this is the dream that was fought for. We must remember all those who have gone before us and ask ourselves, “Are we continuing a legacy that would make them proud?” Moreover, are you living a life that would please the Father.

Do not allow your busy day, fear or fatigue to prevent you from being who we are
designed to be as Women of God. We were all meant to take care of our homes and our families before we ever go out and serve the world.

The world may tell you that you are conquering it, but is it in fact conquering you? Is it conquering your family? Is it pulling you away from Kingdom building and serving God.

The Blog is always food for thought from my head and heart to your eyes and hopefully your heart. God never designed us to be in our individual bubbles serving our four and no more. The world has taught us that being selfish was not actually being selfish.

“You gotta look out for number one.”

“Sometimes you have to step on a few people to get to the top”

“It’s a dog-eat-dog world”

I mean I could go on for days, but where does this mentality get you, and is it Godly?

I will allow you to answer that but for me I believe we need to get back to the basics of biblical truth and love. Loving our neighbors as ourselves.