People long to belong.
18 “Then the Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone…’”
- Genesis 2:189 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone?
- Ecclesiastes 4:9-11
We’re loved by a perfect God and belong to His family.
8 but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
- Romans 5:81 See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are.
- 1 John 3:1
God’s Family, the Church, gives us a perfect opportunity to learn how to love.
16 By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us, and we ought to lay down our lives for the brothers.
- 1 John 3:1632 Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you.
- Ephesians 4:32