29Aug16

1 Corinthians 12:17-18 NKJV
If the whole body were an eye, where would be the hearing? If the whole were hearing, where would be the smelling? But now God has set the members; each one of them, in the body just as He pleased.

As an extrovert by nature I have a really hard time understanding and relating to people that want to have "alone time." I am energized by being surrounded by people (mostly... some people suck). I also have an energetic perspective on life and my faith. I don't always see how people can live without embracing the fullness of who God is, and can be, in their life. I measure this in the same way that I experience Him, because that's what I have. But, when I was in seminary I learned about a term called "projection." It is the need to make other people fit you instead of seeing them the way that they are. This does them a disservice at the basic level. God created them the way He did. If they are damaging themselves then there is a problem but, if they are arriving at the location via a different route... then what's the problem? Take a look at some of your relationships today. Are you holding someone to a standard they were not made for because it works for you? Are you holding yourself to a standard because someone does it that way? Don't be an eye when you're an ear. Both are necessary and useful. You are necessary and useful.