Do you worry about your church when you are not there? 1 Corinthians 11-13

Today I am writing this devotional in Chicago.  It is a Sunday.  That means I am not with the church I have the privilege to teach over and minister with.  I have taken the day off!!   That just doesn't even sound right in light of the passage here in this letter to the Church at Corinth.   Paul is confronting some false teacher that had wandered into the church and he is telling them that even though the false teachers claim of great sacrifice, he too could foolishly boast about sacrifice.   His argument is, "If what you have gone through makes you valuable to hear and be listened to (and it doesn't) than he trumps anyone else in his experiences of torture, mayhem and struggle.   But, the Paul says something that makes me understand my being away from the church today.   On top of all that Paul has struggled with he adds, "his concern for the churches."   He even describes that concern as, "when someone is weak, Paul, himself feels that same weakness and when someone is being drawn into sin, Paul feels that drawing and is concerned for them."   Today I am bodily in Chicago but mentality and spiritually in our small fellowship.  I love that fellowship.  We only have a handful.  But, when I am not there I worry about them, I pray over them.   I want to be with them.    Paul did that for "all" the churches.  What a burden for others he carried.  After all the struggles he listed (and he listed many) the care for the churches was his crowning evidence of his authority and apostleship.   Do we care about our churches?  Do we worry when we are not there?   Are we "part" of a church or "partners" with a church?