That book details that fact that each and every person must live in the balance of being a broken person in a broken world with real, personal needs while having the ability to meet the needs and to defeat the fears of others.
At every moment, I have the option of trying to meet my own needs or of trying to fill the gap in someone else's life.
There is something ironic about the fact that I cannot encourage myself--but I can encourage someone else.
Also somewhat mind blowing is the fact that a person who is only looking to gain from a relationship will never really be filled.
People cannot, really be satisfied with anything less than a genuine love and encouragement that is given by another person.
Unfortunately this is a little known truth. Basically all of us live our lives trying to satisfy our own needs without any real success.
Imagine if all of us were to stop trying to satisfy our own emptiness.
What if we stopped trying to encourage ourselves--and tried to encourage others...
Then we might actually create Christian community...
Then we might actually find ourselves satisfied in our relationships...
It has to be about giving...
If you take a minute to read the end of Matthew 25--you will find another reason to enter into relationships for the sake of giving rather than receiving.
EVERYTHING that we pour out into other people, we are pouring into God.
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