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Introvert, You Love People Well

God doesn’t tell us how much time we’re to spend with others, how many friendships we should maintain, or which social activities we must do.

Instead, Jesus calls us to love one another. In other words, love happens one person at a time.

This means being a loving person is not about popularity but rather purposeful relationships. It’s about how we treat each person in our path.

When an expert in the law asked Jesus what it meant to love your neighbor, he replied with the parable of the good Samaritan, a simple story about one person helping another.

I sometimes picture a system that operates on the principle of more people in my life = I’m a more loving person. I’ve heard other introverts express something similar.

But love isn’t about the number of people we have in our lives or the likes we get online or guests who come to our wedding (or funeral) or contacts in our phone.

Our social schedules aren’t a measuring stick for our spirituality. If we want to grow in love, we must measure nothing. Instead, make one connection, have one conversation, show kindness to one person at a time—­which introverts naturally do well.

I believe what introverts need most is not a skill set but a shift in mindset. It’s the courage to decide that who God created us to be is enough. It’s the bravery to see that for us, “loving people” may look different. It’s the bold step of showing up as we are, with vulnerability and without apology.

Jesus is inviting us to love one another. He will be faithful to empower us to do so, one person at a time, now and forever.

God, thank you for calling me to a life of purposeful relationships. You are love, and I pray that you would love others through me. Amen.

What's one way you can love someone today?