Disjointed?

But, what if, rather than feeling a sense of permanence, we struggle with being disjointed?

It’s a sense of separation from ourselves and others.  Even from God. We can feel fragmented.  Disconnected.

But, what if, rather than feeling a sense of permanence, we struggle with being disjointed?

It’s a sense of separation from ourselves and others.  Even from God. We can feel fragmented.  Disconnected.  Detached. If we’re disjointed, we may choose to live alone and on our own. When this happens, we can lose a sense of self.  Of who we are.  Including the parts of us that are broken and need healing.

More often than not, we have forgotten why it’s good to be with others.

We may also lose our need for God.  Of why we need Him.

Disjointedness breeds wandering. A drifting away.  From others.  From anything meaningful.  Or purposeful.

This puts the image of God within us in jeopardy.  Because in our aloneness, we’re living the opposite way we were created.

The truth is, we not only permanently have the image of God within us, but God is also permanently with us. We belong.  We are not separated or disjointed at all. But because of our brokenness, we can live as if all of this is untrue.

We can live so disjointed that each day we are on our own, and more and more alone.

In the early chapters of Genesis, as God is creating man and woman, He’s emphatic:

“It is not good for the man to be alone” (Gen 2:18, NLT).

This is a statement about us relationally.  Our longing inside for relational permanence.  For belonging.  For connection outside ourselves. And yet, this can’t happen if we live disjointed.  If we continually choose aloneness.

Aloneness and disjointedness are the antithesis of God’s vision for us as men and women.  If we are on our own, then the full image of God is not present.

Remember? God’s full image on earth is the man and woman united.  Not disjointed. Or separated. (see Gen 1:28).

Together, not alone or on our own, we will flourish and others around us will flourish when we live in the awareness of God’s image within us.

Stay tuned… next time my husband, Justin, will be our guest columnist.