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Why we need community
by Cathy Webb  Have you ever been watching a nature show and seen a pride of lions take down a wildebeest? Do you find yourself thinking, "Hey, you stupid wildebeests, you outnumber the lions fifty to one. If you all stuck together you could defeat that foe"? Predators look for the young, the old and the infirm - they make easy prey. Lions will choose a victim, isolate that already-compromised individual, and then pursue relentlessly while the rest of the herd gets away and thinks "there but for the grace of God ...." This principle has great spiritual application as we consider how we as believers work together. Satan is described in the Bible as a "roaring lion seeking to devour" (1 Peter 5:8). He's been at this for millennia. He would love to destroy each of us by separating us from each other. We do not want to be helpless wildebeests. We can protect each other, care for each other, and strengthen each other. Working together in community is one of the core values of Women of Grace. We are united: through our faith in Christ, through our "tribe" as Grace Brethren, through our gender as women, through our individual ministries in our local churches and our families. We are a community. We have much in common, and we very much need each other. Cathy Webb is nurse manager for an oncology group and assists her husband Tony in his church planting endeavors with Vision Ohio. She serves on the Board of Directors of Women of Grace USA. | 
