"We all need more than God and a best friend. We need a group of supportive relationships. The reason is simple: having more than one person in our lives allows our friends to be human. To be busy. To be unavailable at times. To hurt and have problems of their own. To have time alone. Then, when one person can't be there for us, there's another number to call. Another person who may have something to offer. And we aren't enslaved to the schedule conflicts of one person. This is the beauty behind the Bible's teaching on the church, the body of Christ. We are all a group of lumpy, bumpy, unfinished sinners, who ask for help and give help, who ask again and give again." - Boundaries, by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend
