On Sunday, I suggested that in order to fulfill the divine command to love, we must sincerely try to know the people in our lives. On Monday, I talked about knowing people is a two-way street; we must be willing to open ourselves to be known and we must be willing to put the effort to know others. On Tuesday, my post was about how God knew what He was doing when He issued the command to love. When we endeavor to truly know each other, our lives are enhanced just as God intended. On Wednesday, I discussed the question of why should we bother to get to know God? On Saturday, I urged everyone to put into practice what they know and not worry about how others may be falling short.
Below are some questions from comments you left this past week. Check out my responses.
“But how deep do we go to "know" people?” We should go as deep as is appropriate for that relationship. For example, for the person who almost cut you off in traffic, it is sufficient to “know” that person is a child of God and that God loves him or her as He loves you. At the other extreme, you should stay engaged in a continuous search for knowledge about your romantic partner.
“I trust God but, I just can’t allow anyone but God to know those dark secrets…so for me what is left?" This is not a direct response to the question, but whenever we say, “I trust God, BUT….”, we are not trusting Him enough. Dealing with this question, it is important that we understand that God created us with the desire for others to know and love us. So, when we do not allow others to do that, we are going against God’s design.
“What would your pastor say about your postings about sex?” This question was asked of me in an email and not in a comment. First of all, let’s put things in the proper perspective. So far, I have posted 110 entries since February 2006. Of those, maybe 10 are about sex, which means that less than 10% are about that topic. Second, I believe that most pastors should THANK ME for dealing with an issue in a responsible and thoughtful way that many of them very rarely address beyond just saying NO. Also, I think many pastors should be grateful that many of their singles are being given an avenue to discuss the spiritual aspects of sexuality, which in my opinion is the NUMBER ONE cause of problems for Christian singles.
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Mr. Writer,
Thank you for the weekly review, although we all want a solution or an answer right now I am learning the review is well worth the wait. There is always something I missed…
The realization is if I truly trust God then I have to allow other Christian singles to know me in order to be loved and to love others. I believe “the writer and the blog” was put in my life by God for a divine purpose therefore I trust the source so this is something I need to work on in order to mature as a Christian.
I truly am praying I will be able to allow those I want in my life as a friend or romantic partner to know me. I am not sure how deep I will go but I will allow others to touch the surface of my life and the rest I will have to work on pride is hard to let go of.
I am thankful to the fact you are discussing real life issues for Christian singles. Most pastor want to tell you what you should not do but no one wants to tell you why or how to sustain from doing it. As you stated, I have a support system for other issues in my Christian journey but, believe me the Bishop is not discussing being Single and Sex in the same sentence. Unfortunately, single people get put on the back burner in most churches…
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