The dropping of the leash?
"Strength and need for connection" with another is something that we all need in some form to a certain dgree. In the video below Women of Faith speaker Marilyn Meberg speaks briefly about an incident that happened when she was in Rome. It began with the barking of a dog, just to give you a hint. When I think of strength and connections as they pertain to relationships, my mind's eye always leads me to the story of Naomi and her daughter-in-law Ruth. I'll get to that story in a bit. If you're a parent, I want you to think back to the time when you've had to leave your young child in the care of someone else. If you're like me the only place you may be able to conjure is leaving them in the church nursery when they're around two. Do you remember your child's reaction when they sensed your departure becoming eminent, and realized they would be left behind? Mayhem, right? The child, being only knee high usually will cling to the leg ...