Draw Near – 365 Guides to Greater Intimacy with GodSample

REACHING OUT When people ask Dr. Thomas P. Malone, a psychiatrist, what psychiatry is all about, he answers, "Almost every emotional problem can be summed up in one particular bit of behavior people walking around screaming 'for God's sake, love me.' He goes through a million different manipulations to get somebody to love him. On the other hand, healthy people are those who walk around looking for someone to love. And if you see changes in the people seeking for love, they give up their screaming for all their lives." Dr. Malone's view of his role as a psychiatrist is certainly a noble and awesome one. He tries to get people to love one another. While psychiatry certainly has helped some to adjust, only Christ can so revolutionize character as to change a person from seeking to giving. Jesus came to this world to show men how to live. Through Christ, we can learn how to give up our selfish seeking for attention and start giving ourselves to His Kingdom. Jesus told us that when we give up our lives, we find them. As we give up our selfish seeking, and long to reach out in genuine love, we receive many blessings. No wonder it says in Hebrews, Let brotherly love continue.