Needing One Another
"Our wounds force us to face our need for one another. We all need someone to lean on--someone who will try to understand. We need people who will love us and whom we can love back. A world without relationships would be cold and lonely. The poet Samuel Coleridge once wrote that 'friendship is a sheltering tree.' On a hot summer's day it shades us, and on a blustery winter's day it protects us from the storm. We all are strengthened by those who stand around us. Their smiles make us smile, and their encouragement keeps us from giving up. My best times are with people. If our lives were perfect, we might become so self-sufficient and independent that we wouldn't need others. Yet we aren't perfect. Chuck Swindoll reminds us that 'tucked away in a quiet corner of every life are wounds and scars. If they were not there, we would need no Physician. Nor would we need one another.' __The Wounded Woman, Dr. Steve Stephens and Pam Vredevelt
Thank you to those everywhere who are loving and receive love in return.
Thank you to those everywhere who are sheltering trees, cool in the summer and protection in the winter.
Thank you to those everywhere who are smiles and encouragement.
Thank you to those everywhere who cry and allow crying.
Thank you to those everywhere who understand how much we need each other.
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