![]() ![]() When we spend alone time with God, we also get to know Him better, become more vulnerable with Him, become safe and comfortable with Him, and grow to love Him more. When we spend time alone with any of the titles mentioned above, we get to know them better, we tend to be more vulnerable with them, we become safe and comfortable with them, and we grow to love them more and more. It is in these times where we are most intimate with Him. ![]() We desire alone time with a friend or a boyfriend/girlfriend or fiancé, or husband/wife, mother, father, etc. Solitude is important because it is when we are most intimate with God. There is a need for both and that is why there needs to be a balancing act of the two.īonhoeffer states, “Alone you stood before God when he called you, alone you had to answer the call…” (77). The flip side to this is some people desire to be in community way more than they should because we need solitude. Some people desire to be in solitude way more than they should because we need community. I want to focus on the balance between community and solitude as it can be a struggle for people to keep this balance. He then describes in depth different ways to approach solitude. ![]() In Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s third chapter he presents the need for balance between community and solitude. ![]() Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Christian Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chapter 3 ![]()
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