There are some needs only you can see. There are some hands only you can hold. There are some people only you can reach.
Interpretation
The quote emphasizes the unique impact individuals have on others and their specific responsibilities towards them.
Timothy Keller's quote highlights the importance of recognizing our individual roles in the lives of others. It suggests that each person possesses a unique perspective and capability to support certain relationships, fulfilling needs that no one else can meet. By acknowledging this, we are reminded of our influence and the significance of our connections, encouraging us to take action where we can truly make a difference.
In practice
A speaker at a motivational conference discussing personal contributions in relationships.
Falling in love in a Christian way is to say,'I am excited about your future and I want to be part of getting you there. I'm signing up for the journey with you. Would you sign up for the journey to my true self with me? It's going to be hard but I want to get there.
Only in Jesus Christ do we see how the untamable, infinite God can become a baby and a loving Savior. On the cross we see how both the love and the holiness of God can be fulfilled at once.
All human problems are ultimately symptoms, and our separation from God is the cause.
While your character flaws may have created mild problems for other people, they will create major problems for your spouse and your marriage.
To be loved but not known is comforting but superficial. To be known and not loved is our greatest fear. But to be fully known and truly loved is, well, a lot like being loved by God. It is what we need more than anything. It liberates us from pretense, humbles us out of our self-righteousness, and fortifies us for any difficulty life can throw at us.
God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (expecting all change now). In this stage, we embrace the reality that while we're not yet what we will be, we're also no longer what we used to be.
I think women and children and older people are the three least-respected groups in our society.
Ten days after the war ended, my sister Laura drove a car off a bridge.
I'm all for any place, any way, any media that can help people connect with somebody and not be lonely.
The simplest consequence of walking on crutches is that you walk slower. Every step must be a necessary one. When you hurry, you get where you're going, but you get there alone. When you go slow, you get where you're going, but you get there with a community you've built along the way.
When I was growing up as a young lesbian in the '50s, I looked in vain for books about my people. I did find some paperbacks with lurid covers in the local bus station, but they ended with the gay character's committing suicide, dying in a car crash, being sent to a mental hospital, or 'turning' heterosexual.
Country radio is much more like a family than any other group of people that I've met.
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