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Forum: Christian Singles Fellowship and Fun
Staying Connected!~
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1. Staying Connected
"But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have
fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his
Son, purifies us from every sin" (I John 1:7, niv).
Over the past decade or more I have had the opportunity to
teach numerous single adults. One of the points I
continually emphasize is that, while it may not be
desirable for most of us, we can live without romantic
relationships, but we cannot live healthy lives without
healthy relationships or connections. We need to be
connected in spirit to at least one loving and accepting
friend such as a trusted soul-mate, without which we limp
along in the shadows of life. The same teaching, of course,
applies to married adults as well.
And how do we become connected in spirit? We do this by
walking in the light, which means bringing our "dark side"
into the open and being honest with at least one trusted
friend or soul mate. Only then do we have true fellowship
and connection--with God and others. Only then do we open
ourselves for "purification from every sin."
As we confess our failures, sins, and weaknesses to safe
people and are not judged, condemned, or put down, but
loved and accepted as we are, little by little we learn to
love and accept ourselves. This in turn heals us from the
pain of our loneliness, emptiness, and self-rejection--one
of the major causes of adding to our acting out in sinful,
addictive, and/or self-destructive behaviors.
The point to remember is that when we are acting out in
self-destructive ways, we are disconnected. To overcome and
live victoriously we need to stay connected--to our
inner-self, to our dark side, to safe people, and to God.
None of us can make it alone. God never meant us to. All
the spiritual exercises in the world, no matter how good,
will not help us to live victoriously without this
connection. It is imperative that we stay connected in
wholesome, healthy relationships to safe people as well as
to God.
Without personal, courageous honesty there is no
connection, there is no recovery, there is no healing,
there is no walking in the light--and there is no intimacy
either with God or people. Anything less is but a poor
shadow of the real.
Suggested prayer: "Dear God, help me to be and to find a
trusted soul mate with whom I can be totally open and
honest. And help me to stay connected to my inner-self, my
dark side, to safe people, and above all, to you. Thank you
for hearing and answering my prayer. Gratefully in Jesus'
name."
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