No More Going Through the Motions... in my relationships! It's the final week as we continue to allow God to speak to us about raising the bar in all that we do, and this week we're going to talk about our relationships. So often, our relationships break down because we can't keep proper boundaries. Boundaries define what we will say and do, and pretty much how we will operate within those relationships. We have tons of relationships going on at any one time, because of the different vocations that God has called us each into -- husband, father, son, daughter, wife, ballerina, bricklayer, brother, sister, student... But in each of those relationships, we have godly boundaries in which we are to behave. Forgiveness, submission, and encouragement are just a few of the qualities we're to have as we interact with each other, in Christian love.
The following passage, from 1 Cor. 13 has been read at millions of weddings, including mine. But the context of it is that Paul the apostle is writing to remind the Corinthians of their need to continually work together in Christian love as we all take our parts in the Christian "body of Christ."
"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres." 1 Cor. 13: 4 - 7
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