18The Lord God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”...22Then the Lord God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man.23The man said, “This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called ‘woman,’ for she was taken out of man.”
Thoughts: Clearly we were not meant to be isolated. We are meant to be with someone else- not just in the sexual sense. It is not good to be alone. God cares about our being with other people and hospitality is born out of that. If there are no other people, we cannot be hospitable. Love means nothing if we are alone.
Wesley and others speak of those who have faith not being isolated. I like to say that you can play football all by yourself. You can toss the ball up in the air and catch it. You can kick it up and catch it. But football is best played with others. So it is possible to be a Christian in a nursing home or on the Space Station (or other isolated places) by oneself. But Christianity thrives with encouragement and human love.
Now, the ironic thing is having a person who differs from you- who is not just a clone, means that there are differences of opinion. We are not to be loving and hospitable to only those who think exactly like us. God did not mention the problems of being together- only that it is better together.
Prayer: Thank you Lord, that you created the ability to have companions. You cared for our hearts to love. Help me to see that love is worth all the hurts or inconveniences that accompany any relationship.
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