The practice of love offers no place of safety. We risk loss, hurt, pain. We risk being acted upon by forces outside our control.
Security depends not so much upon how much you have as upon how much you can do without.
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Security depends not so much upon how much you have as upon how much you can do without.
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Supporting God's Scriptural ability to give or restrain man's desires, Jerry Bridges points to an amazing verse tucked away in Exodus 34:24. As Israel's people abandon their defense entirely to have a feast before Him three times per year, God says the surrounding peoples will be entirely devoid of even the logical desire to possess their land.
How we need that security. How we need another soul to cling to, another body to keep us warm. To rest and trust; to give your soul in confidence: I need this. I need someone to pour myself into.
My confidence is in the idea that I may be wrong on this or that. No man in this life should ever have to bear the burden of perfection.
Affection is the source of self-confidence, happiness, security, and a comfortable mental state.