11: Indispensable Relationships You Can't Be Without

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“Some people want to catch you in your sin. Nathan wanted David to catch himself in his sin. A Nathan is not someone who rushes to ‘tell you the truth’ but someone who helps you to ‘do the truth.’” (source)

“Your fate is not the result of your faith alone, for no one stands alone. Relationships don’t stand alone either. All notions of self-sufficiency need abandoning. Without the involvement of others in your future, you have no future.²⁵ Outside of relationships, there is no ‘you’ or ‘I.’ In fact, it is not ‘I think, therefore I am’ (ala Descartes). It is ‘I’m with, therefore I am.’ Or more precisely, ‘We are, therefore I am.’” (source)

“Accountability is designed to prevent you from doing bad. Editability is designed to help you do good. The real question is not ‘Are you accountable?’ but rather ‘Are you editable?’ Do you mind your manuscripts being overhauled by other thumbs? What if the script being ‘edited’ is your life? What if the subject being sculpted is your soul?” (source)

“Second hoax: the romantic notion that one person can meet all the needs of another person. Each one of us lives on many levels, and we need multileveled relationships with many different kinds of people to be healthy and whole.” (source)

“A Jethro blesses you with a ‘mind to mission’ and reminds you that there is something of a Nehemiah in you. One of the greatest tragedies of our world today is this: people with a ‘mind to mission’ but no mission to mind.” (source)