Zarria, Savanah, Faith, Hunter, Mia – I
want to try and talk about something we will all struggle with one day. I am
struggling with it today and have for most of my life. Relationships. First
thing I am aware of is they are easier to deal with for somebody else than they
are when you are the one having trouble. When I was a little boy I wanted very
desperately to have my mother and my father present in my life. As a matter of
fact, that’s all I wanted. I think sometimes I felt like I would have done anything
to have my mother and father together again. That probably set the stage for
many relationships in my life. Meaning in all of them I became very dependent
on those relationships and would do anything to keep them alive. It’s taken me
a long time to realize this about myself and my relationships but I have always
been dependent on the other person in my life and not the Lord. I was dependent
on these people I think because from an early age I had to deal with loss and
it scared me. I didn’t like it and for the rest of my life I have made it a
very important priority to try and salvage my relationships so that I did not
have to deal with loss, pain, rejection, failure, and separation again. I think
that personality type makes me co-dependent.
There is a reason I’m telling you all
this and it is this in a nut shell. It’s not healthy to put all your trust in
people. People will let you down. God however will always be there for you like
a rock. He will never leave your side and He should be where you get your
strength and motivation. Not anybody else. It’s o.k. to trust and count on
people but the source of our strength and the source of our motivation should
be in the Lord, not in another human. Any relationship that you find yourself
in will be healthier, easier, and much more blessed if both parties are equally
grounded and pursuing God first in their own life. Putting God first in your
life will make you much better equipped to deal with life and the things that
the world throws at you! John 16:33 – “these things I have spoken unto
you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation:
but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” Matthew 6:33 – “But
seek ye first the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.”
God will give us the desires of our hearts if we are faithful to Him. Learn
these things now in your life at an early age so you don’t have to struggle the
same way your daddy does today.
Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I pray that your will be done in all of our relationships
today. Help us to rely on you Lord and to look to you for the fulfillment that
we seek from people of this world. Thank
you Jesus for giving your life for my sins. And please look out for my babies!
In Jesus name, Amen
Thoughts: Do we just
read this stuff and agree with it and then go on with our lives or do we try to
practice it in all our daily affairs? John 14:21 “whoever has my commandments
and keeps them, he it is who loves me. And he who loves me will be loved by my
father, and I will love him and manifest myself to him.”
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