The Goal; Reliance

RELIANCE: The faith, confidence, or trust felt by one who relies; dependence. See Synonyms at trust.

It appears that the act of relying on one outside of one's self is a difficult concept to live by as many are raised in ways that force them to be independent. I'm not saying that independence is horribly bad, but it definitely is part of the problem. Reliance has turned into painful memories of people not coming through creating the lie that "if you don't look out for yourself, no one else will". Walls are built up, reenforcing independence.

Life is about reliance!
We weren't made to live on our own. We weren't made by just one parent. We weren't made to hurt on our own. We weren't made to be silent. We weren't made to just love ourself.

We were made to be enjoyed by others. We were made to share life with others. In order to experience life with one another- reliance is a must!

Life wasn't intended to feel completely safe all of the time. It takes faith and trust in something beyond yourself to get through it. We must trust others' words, emotions, and promises.

We're living in a world where everything is telling you to run away and defend yourself and reliance means leaning towards and opening up. I understand this is hard. Even painful. Because people have and are going to run when you have leaned on them,

AND that is exactly why it is our duty to be the difference- to take a stand and hold fast to our promises and Commitments. To be faithful to one another. To truly love another. To depend on one another.

Weighing the pros and cons of putting yourself out there and experiencing that pain rather than never experiencing pain and living a life of seclusion and safety- there is love that results from putting yourself out there, taking risks, and relying on another!

"For it is better to have loved and be hurt, then to have never loved at all"

So why not yearn for reliance on one another. Let us be a generation that loves dangerously.

That loves even when we might not be loved back.

And how will we be able to rely on one another, even when we are broken, hurt, and weak-????

by relying on God first and foremost.

For His promise is to never leave us nor forsake us,
To rely on Him and ask Him questions and He will Answer!
His promise is that the sacrifice might be painful, but the reward is GREAT!
He promises to keep us safe, to lead us in paths of righteousness.
To love us.
To restore everything into perfection.


He is our reliance, our hope, our trust, our peace, our confidence.

Beginning and End.

Therefore we must be rooted in our reliance upon Him to also be rooted in others.

How sweet life is when it's shared eh?
Even sweeter when it's shared in such purity.