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Friday, September 6, 2013
...Relationships...Thank You
Thanks for all of the support and comments this week on the "...Relationship..." posts; I'm glad you all enjoyed that topic and I pray that something will change in your relationships.
...Relationships...Sometimes You Gotta Lose
Matthew 10:30 (NLT) "If you cling to your life you will lose it, but if you give up your life for me you will find it."
Nobody wants to lose; especially when it comes to losing a person we had a relationship with. But when our hands are wrapped so tightly around people, how can God give us more or something better? We cling to the convenience of that person, we take more than we should from them and we hold onto their toxic behavior, all while making excuses for why we put up them and their issues. Sometimes we have to lose or give relationships up voluntarily so we can get the true reward. We have to get the losses out of the way so we can change the way we approach relationships. What may feel like or look like a loss is actually just the time of preparation. It's helping us to become stronger and more aware of what we really want and deserve.
Clinging to the "bad" relationships will, indeed, cause you to lose. What are you willing to lose for the sake of making someone else look or feel good about themselves? Your self-esteem? Dignity? Family? Job? Sleep? Sanity? YOURSELF...? It's not worth it. Let it go, so you can receive what it is that God's really trying to give you.
Nobody wants to lose; especially when it comes to losing a person we had a relationship with. But when our hands are wrapped so tightly around people, how can God give us more or something better? We cling to the convenience of that person, we take more than we should from them and we hold onto their toxic behavior, all while making excuses for why we put up them and their issues. Sometimes we have to lose or give relationships up voluntarily so we can get the true reward. We have to get the losses out of the way so we can change the way we approach relationships. What may feel like or look like a loss is actually just the time of preparation. It's helping us to become stronger and more aware of what we really want and deserve.
Clinging to the "bad" relationships will, indeed, cause you to lose. What are you willing to lose for the sake of making someone else look or feel good about themselves? Your self-esteem? Dignity? Family? Job? Sleep? Sanity? YOURSELF...? It's not worth it. Let it go, so you can receive what it is that God's really trying to give you.
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Thursday, September 5, 2013
...Relationships...Is this Love?
When we tell people we love them, do we really mean it? Or are we saying it out of obligation, or because it's a nice thing to say, or because we feel like we do, but might not truly understand what loving someone truly entails. When I was younger I used to get so excited when a boy told me he loved me. Why? Because I knew that Love is the greatest gift in the world; however, I didn't understand that just because they said it, didn't necessarily mean they knew how to show or walk in it.
There are certain things we must understand about Love and those things are spelled out in 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 "Love
is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud or rude.
Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable, and it keeps no
record of when it has been wronged. It is never glad about injustice
but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. Love never gives up, never
loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance."
Let's practice Love in all of our relationships. Let's change the way we talk to our children, friends, families and significant others and start to speak and walk in true Love in those relationships.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013
...Relationships...Are You Connected?
Relationship
noun: relationship; plural noun: relationships
1.
the way in which two or more concepts, objects, or people are connected, or the state of being connected.
Who are we connected to? When we hear the word relationship, we often think of romantic relationships. However, when we're connected to another person, it's a relationship. Have you ever heard of the phrase, "birds of a feather flock together," or "guilty by association?" We should take time to evaluate our relationships and really consider changing our circles if the people we're surrounded by aren't who we would want to represent us and our values, morals and dreams. Let's work on strengthening our relationship with Christ so that our connection to Him is evident. Let's learn more about Him; let's get excited and "giddy" when we think about His love; let's talk to Him more.
Sounds like God to me! :)
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...Relationships...Nothing Heavy
This isn't anything heavy; it's not rocket science.
Let's just consider changing the way we treat and think about our loved ones...
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Monday, September 2, 2013
Get Organized!
It's a well-known fact that the more organized your life and surroundings are, the easier it becomes to function and change old habits into better ones. Your way of organizing might not be mine, but here's a link that may help those of us who like or need to write things out to keep them in order:
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I'll Show You Mine if You Show Me Yours
When was the last time you showed somebody the real you? I mean the one you go to bed with and wake up with. The one who might not have the prettiest past and the one who might have a couple scars. We have to think about the person we're portraying on a daily basis. We may say, "I'm always me. I'm real..." and that's fine, but how much are you sharing?
I'm not suggesting that we walk around with a scarlet letter on declaring our sin(s), but what I'm saying is that we should be transparent enough that we can let others who may be in the same position that we use to be in that there is hope on the other side. We can change lives just by sharing ours. How can the stripper get off the pole and the hustler get off the corner if you don't tell them that you used to be there, too; but once you changed your mind, you changed your life. We have to tell them the whole story and not just the "look at me now" part. We can't wait for someone to talk about how they used to be and how they used to run the streets before we tell them what we did. We have to practice sharing and showing ourselves with people as much as possible because we don't know what they, or someone they know, are going through.
I'm not suggesting that we walk around with a scarlet letter on declaring our sin(s), but what I'm saying is that we should be transparent enough that we can let others who may be in the same position that we use to be in that there is hope on the other side. We can change lives just by sharing ours. How can the stripper get off the pole and the hustler get off the corner if you don't tell them that you used to be there, too; but once you changed your mind, you changed your life. We have to tell them the whole story and not just the "look at me now" part. We can't wait for someone to talk about how they used to be and how they used to run the streets before we tell them what we did. We have to practice sharing and showing ourselves with people as much as possible because we don't know what they, or someone they know, are going through.
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