what is it about getting close to someone that scares us?
isn't it funny that we are designed to live in community, designed by god to deal with life together... its all over the bible... yet, when we get close to that, we get scared... we freeze... it locks up.
is it wrong to think that we are designed to live in community? is it not possible? is the conflict good for us?
i am a firm believer that we are designed by God to live in community with others... that it is a fault of the fall of man and of our broken world that we build these barriers around us, that we push back when others push foward.
Scripture tells us that we are meant to be living life together... rick warren says in his book The purpose driven life "life is meant to be shared... god intends for us to experience life together".
Galatians tells us to "share each others troubles and problems, and in this way we obey the laws of Christ". All over the bible there are times when people come together to share burdens, to live life together. its seems funny to me how we are so consumed with becoming INDEPENDENT, when if you look at scripture, even the life of Christ, you see that life is not an independent adventure... just like a sports game, "there's no I in team".
if this is the way we are supposed to live, why is it that when we get at all close to someone, our first initial reaction is to freeze up... push away?
sometimes i underestimate the Devils handiwork... and that is definitely not a good thing.
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