The people attempt to rebuild the wall. It is hard work and it seems an impossible task. And then, in the midst of it, they are being exploited---which so often happens to a vulnerable and worn-out people. Others see their weakness and misfortune as an opportunity to make a buck and to increase their own benefit. Not much has changed in thousands of years.
But the people keep at it. It's incredible what a group of people with a like mind, a like mission, can accomplish. Even more so when God is invited into the work. "On the day I called, you answered me, you increased my strength of soul."
When we live in community as God desires---as we hear it described in 1 Corinthians 13---then our strength of soul is increased. Then together we can accomplish what God deeply desires----that all people are reconciled to God and each other in Christ. It may seem and sound impossible. But all things are possible through Christ. All things.
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