I have noticed once again that one whose love language is touch resorts to pulling oneself away from the rest of society. One claimed he was insular. He knows no other way but to protect himself in this way. Another has claimed a needed time out for an inner quest.
Touch isn't my hunger pain but because it keeps gnawing me into paying attention, I have seen this love language revive lives. When I was a teenager, I would pull away from my dear father when he hugged me. I would defend my pulling away because we just had a verbal conflict. Words being so dear for me, it was hard to hug my dad back. Oh, I wish I could take those days back. Today, I hug my dad every time we are together.
I just cannot fathom how isolation of any kind is of God and His Love. I have been chastised every time I have gone in hiding to lick my wounds and even retrospection. I would beg for mercy from on High. It finally has sunk in that every time I am isolated from others or alone, I must engage every time. The greatest human need is value. I know this most intimately. If I feel this so intensely, it must be an ache felt by all human kind. Believers have an Ultimate and Eternal responsibility to
supply the demand with active Godly Love. Because this human need is so great, believers have the task to balance their time outs with their engagements to be most effective. To live in balance honors being our brother's keeper besides honoring God's grand design.
I may be called to engage the very one who has pulled away. This is the hardest thing for me as our soul journeys convey opposite and possibly polar ends...
II she's out
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