Our recent, temporary isolation is a wonderful reminder that isolation was never Jesus’ intention for his people. Rather than being stranded as individual Christians, Christ has woven his people into the beautiful, ornamented fabric that is his Church. As members of that Church, we are far better together than we are alone. This week we see how being joined to Jesus may mean being separated from things that are near and dear to our hearts. When Jesus is our source of righteousness, we naturally cast aside any competing source. Far from this meaning that following Jesus is a net loss, however, Jesus points us to all that we gain. Only he can deliver the righteousness we seek and the reward that comes with it.