washed in the rain.

-excerpt from mike bickle's, the seven longings of the human heart


"most people live with a devastating sense of loneliness in this life. tragically, they live without sharing their joys and sorrows with anyone. we were created in such a way that loneliness severely breaks and bruises us. this is not God's plan for us. rather, God's people are meant to have intimacy and unity with each other...


...because of Jesus, we can have no fear of being left to experience the mysteries of the ups and down of life alone. this longing for companionship will be answered partially in this age and fully in the age to come. the Father is the one who first observed that loneliness is not good for the human spirit, remarking in Genesis 2:18 'it is not good that man should be alone'...


...the human heart craves intimacy; therefore, the enemy seeks to exploit this by bringing us down many avenues that offer a counterfeit intimacy which in turns bring shame. the irony is that when we accept what the enemy offers, we minimise our chances of experiencing real intimacy..."


it's a good book, with a good message and something to reflect on.