There is probably no
Christian to whom God has not given the uplifting experience
of genuine Christian community at least once in his life. But in this world such experiences can be no
more than a gracious extra beyond the daily bread of Christian community
life. We have no claim upon such
experiences, and we do not live with other Christians for the sake of acquiring
them. It is not the experience of
Christian brotherhood, but solid and certain faith in brotherhood that holds us
together. That God has acted and wants
to act upon us all, this we see in faith as God's greatest gift, this makes us
glad and happy, but it also makes us ready to forego all such experiences when
God at times does not grant them. We are
bound together by faith, not by experience.
- Dietrich Bonhoffer
From his book: Life Together
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