The Company We Keep Essay
Growing up going to Church gave me a good outline for what love is supposed to look like. This outline is continuously being shaped and filled in as I begin to understand the biblical meaning of love. Recently, have I noticed how difficult a concept love is to grasp. To begin a discussion on love first requires acknowledging that God is the creator of Love. God’s love is continuously on display throughout scripture and history. Secondly, God is love God and love has a purpose in our lives. Holmes, the author of, The Company We Keep discusses the purpose of love and calls us to knowingly commit ourselves to God’s purpose for love within our community. The Company We Keep, states love serves as way to witness to the community. Our motivation
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to love our friends should be out of the desire to help spread the gospel message and become more like the character of God. However, I will admit my misunderstandings of love have strained relationships. One of the ways this misunderstanding has become evident in my life is in the way I serve my friends. Selfishness creeps into my heart and service becomes about me, instead of it being about the person. Sometimes I choose to help my friends for what I can gain out of the relationship. This relationship does not serve as a witness to God, but rather conveys the idea that biblical relationship is the same as a worldly one. Knowing people are watching evaluating our friendships, should motivate us towards developing an understanding different people. The world offers different perspectives on what love is and what healthy friendships are.
As a result it becomes important to learn to love people properly. Often times misunderstandings between people develop as a result of not understanding another person’s way of thinking. Interestingly, the “Community that is Christian” talks about the different personality types and ways of thinking. These different personality types, create a strain on our relationships even within the body of believers. For example, when it comes to information gathering I am completely a intuitor, I see meaning in facts. However, I really do not understand sensors, and their way of thinking strikes me as extremely odd. In fact, I rarely consider or try I tried to relate to their personality. I believe relationships with some of my friends become strained because I fail to consider their thought process. Something that hit me deeply is, “It’s easy to believe our own information gathering is right and to distrust other people’s way of processing data” (Gorman 155). This process of building relationships starts by admitting my way is equal to everyone else.In our relationships with others, it is important to consider our differences, and realize these differences are what make people unique and important. These differences are not meant to strain our relationships, but rather exists to see the character of God in his people. No group is better than the other, because there is not supposed to be greater, we are always different and
unique. In order to establish a healthy relationship first requires learning how to love our friends and the people in our community. Smaller steps are often the most important, as its necessary to remember the purpose and differences within our relationships. It is important to not get hung up on being about ourselves or becoming frustrated what makes us unique. Serving people who are different from us, can sometimes become one of the most difficult tasks. However, these acts are often the most rewarding and memorable. The world is going to remember someone who is able to overcome differences to serve others.
to love our friends should be out of the desire to help spread the gospel message and become more like the character of God. However, I will admit my misunderstandings of love have strained relationships. One of the ways this misunderstanding has become evident in my life is in the way I serve my friends. Selfishness creeps into my heart and service becomes about me, instead of it being about the person. Sometimes I choose to help my friends for what I can gain out of the relationship. This relationship does not serve as a witness to God, but rather conveys the idea that biblical relationship is the same as a worldly one. Knowing people are watching evaluating our friendships, should motivate us towards developing an understanding different people. The world offers different perspectives on what love is and what healthy friendships are.
As a result it becomes important to learn to love people properly. Often times misunderstandings between people develop as a result of not understanding another person’s way of thinking. Interestingly, the “Community that is Christian” talks about the different personality types and ways of thinking. These different personality types, create a strain on our relationships even within the body of believers. For example, when it comes to information gathering I am completely a intuitor, I see meaning in facts. However, I really do not understand sensors, and their way of thinking strikes me as extremely odd. In fact, I rarely consider or try I tried to relate to their personality. I believe relationships with some of my friends become strained because I fail to consider their thought process. Something that hit me deeply is, “It’s easy to believe our own information gathering is right and to distrust other people’s way of processing data” (Gorman 155). This process of building relationships starts by admitting my way is equal to everyone else.In our relationships with others, it is important to consider our differences, and realize these differences are what make people unique and important. These differences are not meant to strain our relationships, but rather exists to see the character of God in his people. No group is better than the other, because there is not supposed to be greater, we are always different and
unique. In order to establish a healthy relationship first requires learning how to love our friends and the people in our community. Smaller steps are often the most important, as its necessary to remember the purpose and differences within our relationships. It is important to not get hung up on being about ourselves or becoming frustrated what makes us unique. Serving people who are different from us, can sometimes become one of the most difficult tasks. However, these acts are often the most rewarding and memorable. The world is going to remember someone who is able to overcome differences to serve others.