Barbara Streisand sang a song a number of years ago which declared, “People who need people…are the luckiest people…” But today there are a lot of people who might debate that. Is it really good to need people? If you need people, they can fail you. What if you need them to stand by you in a crisis and they are “absent without leave”? What if you need their love and they find someone they love more? Isn’t it better to be one of those loners who never seem to need anybody? The cowboy who rides off alone into the sunset? The womanizer who uses people, throws them away and never seems to look back?

The Apostle Paul, writing of the church, tells us in 1 Corinthians 12:21, “The eye cannot say to the hand, ‘I don’t need you!’ And the head cannot say to the feet, ‘I don’t need you!’” Just like a body needs all of its organs, the church needs all of the various kinds of people who make it up.

The church is a body of people who need people.

So, sometimes people hurt because they have been trying to live their life like they don’t need anyone, and suddenly they realize they do. And sometimes people hurt, because other people have been treating them like they are not needed, and they wonder if anyone would miss them if they suddenly just fell of the face of the earth.  Both need to remember that when God created humankind, he declared, “It is not good that the man [or, by implication, the woman!] should be alone…”(Gen. 2:18). People who need people are not only the luckiest people, but they are also the people who are like God created them to be – social beings who need each other.

So if you are hurting because you feel alone, or because you feel unneeded, why not give the Bless Me Network a call? Connect with us and we can help you feel more connected, not only to God, but to the people of God who need you.