Wonder-full. It speaks to me powerfully of God's desire to be in relationship with us. How God knows us so intimately and waits and calls us continuously to respond and go deeper.
How does God deal with all the rejection?
Isn't the cross all about rejection?
Rejection creates such fear in me that it freezes me up. Only God's unconditional grace warms me up and gives me a hot fire inside to risk the freeze again.

It is true that people put up such barriers. It usually relates to fear. Your thoughts connect back, I think, to the Moderator's comments on his Blog, Axioms of Fear.

If we could let the boarders down and not be afraid; if we could love without fear or insecurity it would be amazing. If we could let the wheel of progress turn and move us to a place which is more altrustic, having faith in the future and our children and each other, it would be super.

Our instinct is to protect ourselves and put up defences, so it requires a huge leap of faith in each other and in the reality of a Great Universal Soul which is beyond/beneath the surface of our egos - and which connects us all.

There would be a lot more love if some more of us could lose the barriers and bring down the boarders. It would be AMAZING if everyone could. We should all aim for that in our families, friendships, organizations and communities, I think. Let the Love and Joy and Trust ... flow.

Namaste

I'm going to have to read this one over a number of times, but I agree with you. Relationships are what give life zest, flavour and verve, yet relationships are most terrifying because they require us to allow ourselves to be so vulnerable to another. You're right in that walls protect but they also diminish. After all, didn't Jesus open himself to the ultimate vulnerability? There is no new life without risk.