Reflection Options  

Journal  (reflect on one or more of these questions)

• When you think of being created in God’s image, what have you thought that meant?  What are you learning that it means in regard to being a relational being?

• A. W. Tozer said, “What comes into our minds when we think about God is the most important thing about us.” How would you describe God to someone else? Where does the relational aspect of God come in to your description (if it does at all)?

• How does Jesus reflect the image of God relationally? What does that mean for you?

Quote Interaction (Interact by agreeing, disagreeing or otherwise engaging with the quote/quotes)

• What if our loneliness is the result not simply of needing a partner but of needing people? We are made in the image of a relational God; it makes sense that we possess the desire to be together. ( Debra Fileta)

• The divine being is constituted by the communion of the three Trinitarian persons. (Stanley Grenz)

• I believe that one major reason that the church of Jesus Christ in the United States is very close to being in sheer chaos today is because so many people think themselves as individuals rather than as part of the body of Christ.  Christianity is not “every man for himself;” it’s every man together for Christ.  (Wayne Mack)

• A happy family is but an earlier heaven. (George Bernard Shaw)

• We were made for fellowship. There are about 100 “one another’s” in the New Testament, showing that the church is all about community and fellowship and having all things in common. That’s how the first century church grew so rapidly (Acts 2:42-47). (Jack Wellman)

• Socially, humanity was created for fellowship. This reflects God's triune nature and His love...Every time someone marries, makes a friend, hugs a child, or attends church, he or she is demonstrating the fact that we are made in the likeness of God. (Anthony Hoekema)

• Until you have given up your self to Him you will not have a real self. (C. S. Lewis)

Reading & Reflectionfrom the book, Shaping The Journey of Emerging Adults: 

• Read “The Christlife in Relationships” (p. 150-152).  What stands out to you about the section that talks about the communal aspect of living the Christlife? How invested are you in the communal contexts of church, school or neighborhood?

• MENTOR: Read through the options in chapter 9 for “More Discernment, Intentionality and Reflection Ideas” (p. 154-162). Which ones would be helpful ideas for you, relationally? Pray and discern if there are any ideas you want to talk over with the person you are mentoring.

• MENTOR: Look up page “Trusting His Design” (p. 227-228).  What can you identify about your “design” as a mentor?