Though we intuitively know it’s not true, we often buy into the “independence myth”. It’s the idea that we’ll be happy if we have independence in our lives; if we don’t let others get too close to us and if we’re “self-sufficient”.
Paul, writing to the church in Rome, turns that idea on its head. He says - “Since we are all one body in Christ, we belong to each other, and each of us needs all the others” (Romans 12:5).
God says community isn’t optional. We need each other, and we belong to each other in the body of Christ. We have to have other people in our lives if we’re going to be all God wants us to be.
Scripture reminds us we need others to walk with us, work with us, watch out for us, wait and weep with us, and witness with us.
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