dream to go 3 - God's not enough

by richard w

God’s not enough.

I need you.
You need me.
That’s the way
It’s meant to be.

In lots of bookshops, the “spirituality” section is right next to the “self help” section. Self help. We like to keep faith and spirituality very private. “Its just about me and God”.
In the long run though, that never works.

I find that pretty well every time I try to beat my addictions or my habits or my struggles on my own, I lose. Then I beat myself up, and then I give up.

When I take the risk of letting someone else, maybe you, become part of the story, I still often lose battles. But then I see that you’re “going for it” too, and your honesty and determination creates hope in me. So that instead of beating ourselves up, there’s the possibility of building each other up, and giving each other the gift of hope. And carrying on.

Being alone is the first thing in the bible that God ever said was not good. For Adam, God wasn’t enough! He needed someone like him. Another person to be with and work with.

We can’t do this alone.

I need to know that you’re going for it. Because then I can too.

I find it really scary to trust someone else enough to let them into my story - the bits of my story that I wish could be edited out. But that’s the whole point. The big, scary, ugly monsters in my room, when it’s dark and I’m on my own, change when someone else comes in and turn on the light.