"For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack." -Rudyard Kipling, author of the Jungle Book.
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According to Websters Dictionary, community means a unified body of individuals. In the new live action version of "The Jungle Book," it is very evident that through out the jungle there are "communities" of animals. The elephants are never seen alone. The wolves are a very tight pack and they all care for one another. When Mowgli gets isolated from the pack and the jungle, due to him being a "man-cub" or man he struggles with not having friends or family who will continually be there for him. I say all of this because I believe that there is comfort in having�� people who will walk through life with you and who will have your back. God created us to live within community.
Genesis 2:18 (NASB) "Then the Lord God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone; I will make him a helper suitable for him."
God saw that Adam was alone and needed company, so God created Eve.
�Jesus actually prays that the community of believers will be unified like Jesus and the Father are one!
John 17: 22-23 (NASB) "The glory which You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one; I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me, and loved them, even as You have loved Me."
In my family, friends, and church family, I know that there is always someone who loves me and will have my back. This could be exemplified in them sticking up for me or them giving me that kick in the rear when I need it. There is so much comfort in� knowing that you do not have to walk alone through this life, especially if you know Christ because even when �we fail one another, God is always there for us.�
In the end of the movie, all the animals in the jungle stand behind Mowgli and show him that he does have a community to rely on and who has his back, because Mowgli showed the animals that he would have their back as well. Just like the fish of the sea or the animals of the jungle, you can find strength in community, because "the strength of the wolf is the pack."
