PEOPLE
The great theologian, Barbara Streisand once sang, "People who need people are the luckiest people in the world". She has a point...but then, she missed the point entirely. People who need people...are just people. In essence, all people need people. Obviously, some people have never figured that out. Some people live in complete denial. Some people are just clueless. But, the truth is ALL PEOPLE need people.
Some live their lives and never realize it. Some people never realize it until something traumatic happens, and for some that's a wake-up call and for others, it's just the realization that they've missed out on the most important part of life.
The fact is, we were designed for relationships. That's how God made us. Simon and Garfunkel sang, "I am a rock...I am an island", but in reality, none of us were designed to be rocks or islands. We were designed for community. We were designed to love and be loved. To care and be cared for. To give and be given to. To give the gift of ourselves to others, and to have others give the gift of themselves to us.
Interesting, Jesus didn't just come to gather followers. He came to create the Church. His hands, His feet, His Body, made up of his followers living in community, bearing one another's burdens, caring for one another. In fact, if you read the New Testament, one of the terms you hear repeated again and again and again is "one another". These are commands. "Love one another. Encourage on another. Forgive one another.". But, none of those commands can be obeyed without living in meaningful relationships with one another.
BOTTOM LINE: People who need people aren't the luckiest people in the world...they're just people. People who have figured out what it is to be human...the way God created us to be.
Some live their lives and never realize it. Some people never realize it until something traumatic happens, and for some that's a wake-up call and for others, it's just the realization that they've missed out on the most important part of life.
The fact is, we were designed for relationships. That's how God made us. Simon and Garfunkel sang, "I am a rock...I am an island", but in reality, none of us were designed to be rocks or islands. We were designed for community. We were designed to love and be loved. To care and be cared for. To give and be given to. To give the gift of ourselves to others, and to have others give the gift of themselves to us.
Interesting, Jesus didn't just come to gather followers. He came to create the Church. His hands, His feet, His Body, made up of his followers living in community, bearing one another's burdens, caring for one another. In fact, if you read the New Testament, one of the terms you hear repeated again and again and again is "one another". These are commands. "Love one another. Encourage on another. Forgive one another.". But, none of those commands can be obeyed without living in meaningful relationships with one another.
BOTTOM LINE: People who need people aren't the luckiest people in the world...they're just people. People who have figured out what it is to be human...the way God created us to be.
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