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Help Me, Please!
A few days ago, our group practiced something that can make our relationships deeper and gentler: simply asking for help.
For many people, this is surprisingly hard.
Why?
Some have been deeply disappointed. In really important moments of their lives, they reached out and asked for help — but no one showed up. They watched as even their closest family members — their mother, father, or partner — looked the other way. People they expected to show basic human kindness simply turned away when they were feeling helpless or completely overwhelmed.
Feeling Small and Needy
Sometimes it’s something else: When we ask for help, we suddenly feel small and needy. It can leave us with this uneasy sense that we’re now “in debt” to someone if we just receive.
Most of us would rather avoid that feeling altogether. But the truth is, none of us can do everything completely on our own — not forever.
Letting Go by Passing It On
Here’s the thing: Only those who are able to ask for help can truly receive it well. We know this intuitively. And once we’ve received help, most of us eventually pass it on to someone else. In this way, the “sense of indebtedness” or guilt gradually dissolves.
This pattern shows up in so many important areas of human life:
Only when I truly love myself can I love others.
Only when I respect myself can I respect others.
Hosanna!
Last Sunday was Palm Sunday.
And it fits so well that we sing “Hosanna!” — like this beautiful version by the Queen of Peace Choir in Nigeria. Take a listen: x.com/voxsusana/stat…
The Christians there are facing severe persecution and desperately need help, but you barely hear about it in the media here. Even Christian values here in the West are coming under increasing attack. I can say this from personal experience. Since I’ve started occasionally quoting from the Bible, I sometimes receive harsh, merciless criticism from people who completely fail to grasp the mystical depth and wisdom contained in it. They don’t realize how much healing power is hidden within those words. Fortunately, some people also really enjoy hearing it.
“Hosanna” originally means “Help, please!” or “Save us, please!”
The well-known worship song “Hosanna” by Hillsong Worship (Brooke Fraser) has these powerful lines:
HOSANNA!
Heal my heart and make it clean,
Open up my eyes to the things unseen.
Show me how to love like You have loved me.
Break my heart for what breaks Yours.
This song moves me deeply. These people dare to call out loudly for help — “Hosanna!” They acknowledge their vulnerability, open themselves up, and simply ask for help.
Corinna Grund
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