If He who in Himself can lack nothing chooses to need us, it is because we need to be needed.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- God chooses to need humanity not because He lacks anything, but because humans need the purpose of being needed.
- In plain terms
- God needs us so we can feel needed ourselves.
- What can you take from it?
- Being needed gives us purpose.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does being needed affect your sense of purpose?
Another view
This perspective may seem theologically controversial to some.
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