need to be needed
its in all of us. the need to be needed. (ok, picking up on the talk from sunday...) i realised last night my longing or need to be needed. its different from being wanted, or loved. i know im wanted. i know im loved. but i dont feel needed. to be wanted is a nice feeling, but to want someone can be wrong because it is lust. to be loved is also a nice feeling, however you can be loved without being liked, and who's to say what type of love it is? to be needed is concept people dont tend to realise about until the person or thing they needed has gone-eg. my dads office didnt really realise how much they needed him til he wasnt there. as human beings, especially in a world of ever increasing robots and computers, we need to be needed. if we arent needed then what is the point of our mortal existance? more and more people are loosing their jobs because robots are gradually taking over. humans are lazy, but when they dont have anything to do, we get bored and thats when the devil takes us down. 'theres no reason for my existance. i might as well die' then it turns into wanting to die and you spiral down. its then that someone is needed to get you out of it and help you back up. everyone is needed, but what for? to need someone to need you. thats what i need.
posted by HR?I at 8:42 am
3 Comments:
I need you. I often feel in need of a hug and to be told that I'm a good leader and that I'm appreciated and that you're with me. That would really bless me. So, yeah, I need you!
5:50 pm
just to say i well appreciated bein in a little group with you on Friday at JAYouf... have wanted to get to know you for ages if i'm honest... hopefully that doesn't scare you..
cos what i see of your heart is quality and yeah ..
you're friends with Thea and i know she's quality too..
so .. guess i'll see you around again sometime
2:53 pm
people do need you helen, but that usually involves giving yourself in some way. Like james said, supporting people in the way they need, they need you to do that.
But i was thinking how needing others has got me into real trouble, coz the bit of us that needs can only actually be satisfied/made complete by God. When we depend on another human for that gap to be filled it can be putting them in the place that God should have- which equals idolatry. Not to mention ever actually getting enough of them to be satisfied!!! It's ok to recognise that you want to be needed, everyone, including married people do. I think God probably made us like that...i guess so that we will keep chasing him till we're satisfied (which will also be never but it's ok to constantly want more of God). So let others know you need them, know that you are needed by us and keep seeking god's approval more than anyone else's!!! love ya
8:18 pm
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