The Importance of a Support Network
Support group sounds like those things like AA or something, right? I have recently taken an inventory of who I trust, who I don't, and who I tolerate. I realize that there are a dwindling few in the first category, an increasing majority in the second, and about equilibrium in the last. There were not many to begin with in the first category, but somehow it seems that I am unable to find anyone who understands the simplicity of just listening to someone when they need to talk, giving them a hug or some advice or none, and not judging them. Understand what another person is going through, help them through it, and go on.
I hate boxes. I hate being unable to expand my box. It has nothing to do with thinking outside one, and everything to do with living outside one. Or at the very least, inside a bigger one. To have someone ask me if I know any people who aren't saved and want me to bring them to church is very embarrassing. First, any people who I know who 'aren't saved' are probably attending the church I go to. Second, I know very few people who don't attend said church, and find that fact disconcerting. I'm all for being involved in a home-church, but when said home-church starts creeping in and taking over ever miniscule part of your life...I draw lines. And for my trouble, I get labeled as a luke-warm Christian. Cuz, we all know, how involved you are in the church determines your level of Christianity. Just ask the kids who just got expelled for doing drugs.
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