Sipping Turtle Soup

So in my book today one of the key thoughts that kept pressing itself was two words. "Our Father"
Yeah the Lord's Prayer. That's what the books starts with. BTW, Becoming the Answer to our Prayers, is (somewhat) the name of it.
Anyway, back at the ranch;
Our Father. Our. This prayer begins with a small 3 letter word that we may have overlooked before. Our. Jesus as he's teaching the disciples (and eventually us) to pray begins with "Our"
It begins with a statement of relationship. Our. Not mine, Not yours. Our Father. As some of us know, God is all about relationships.
Adam and Eve
The Trinity
Lion and the Lamb
(just to name a few)
In speaking of prayer He says "where two or more are gathered . . ." - relationships
Marriage, biological family, small group Bible studies, etc are all morsels - little glimpses - of community.
God has invited us into a great feast. And often we miss out. We stop short.
Truly praying the Lord's Prayer as members of the church is inviting God to make us what we already are - the beloved COMMUNITY of a new humanity.

OUR FATHER.

Again, I'm not sure where each of you are with being in a relationship with God. But please comment. Share your thoughts, agreements, disagreements with this statement. It doesn't matter how eloquent or not you are. I want to hear from you. Or I wouldn't have tagged you. :)
Peace
Gary