All things NEED...

I see ALL things as needy.  Every plant, animal and human has needs for survival and beyond.  Not just basic needs, like nourishment and water, but relational.  The bee needs the flower and the flower needs the dirt and the rain needs the sky.

Maslow describes levels of need...

and it is my experience that unless and until we obtain one level we can not move to the next.

We are relational NEEDY beings.  Everything is intrinsically connected through relation.  Major, minor, primary, secondary, advantageous, opportunistic, healthy and unhealthy... they're all necessities.

Some would argue that there are wants and then there are needs.  We don't Need potato chips, yet we Need the salt in them and the starchy carb.  My point is it is a matter of perspective.  As we wander through the grocery store with kids in the cart, they grasp for various products designed to capture their attention and create a need for it.  Parents reply "you don't need that."  We reason that starving children need water and food, we don't need cup cakes and soda pop.  Understood, but...

There is a payoff for everything we do.  Even when what we're doing is destructive to our self, we are filling a need.  A deep seated need.  Healthy or not, it is indeed a need.

We get into unhealthy relationships and we come out despising the use of the word need, especially with a capital N.

We can rationalize that we can get by with less and there are many wants and few needs.  I beg to differ.

We have NEEDS  We're taught that God will meet all our needs.  And in some respects, exceed them more than you can ask or imagine!

In Christ Jesus, God meets the ultimate NEED... to be invited, accepted and loved unconditionally.  We're not even capable of providing this to our selves consistently through out our lives.  But when we know better, we do better.

I hope you come to know the unconditional love that is available within you. An eternal source waiting to be tapped and let it's life giving, transformational flow release in and through your life for generations to come.

Through this need to be accepted and loved, I learned to Trust and Trust is the very foundation of all healthy relationships.

It's okay to be a skeptic.
It's okay to doubt.
It's okay to question.
It's okay to be afraid and feel vulnerable... when learning to trust as the walls we've built around our heart comes tumbling down.

Trust is earned.

I trust if you challenge God to be all God claims to be, your life will never be the same and generations that follow will benefit from this process and come to understand the peace that surpasses all understanding.

Peace I give to you ~ Jesus

Yeah, I want peace and love and trust in my life.  I need these things in my life and I need to share these things with others.

I invite you, I accept you, I love you... the trust thing, well develop together along the journey  :o)

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Just my perspective

David