Thursday, January 8, 2009

Relationships

"Relationships" is a huge topic. Just about anything we do in life involves some level of relationship with others. As I go through the drive-thru at a fast food restaurant and pay the young teenage woman who reaches out to take my money, I have entered into a relationship---as brief as it might be. The relationship with my doctor is yet another level of relationship from the relationship with my daughters or son. We were created for relationship! God first created Adam and saw that he was incomplete and so God created Eve. Together they enjoyed both relationship with one another and with God. Now, centuries later, we still need to be in relationship with others and, more importantly, with our Creator!

I find that most of us have problems from time to time in one or both of those areas. The truth being that if we are having a problem with God, we are probably having some kind of problem in human relationships and visa-versa. It has been my privlege to counsel others and to facilitate a process of healing of many broken lives and wounded souls. God is the restorer. The Great Physician and the God of Second Chances. I understand that He has gifted each of His children to work through us to accomplish His purposes. Only when we accept His gifts to us for the purpose He intended can we find the contentment in Him that is offered in the greatest relationship of all!

My relationship with God, accepting His gifts that allow me to counsel/facilitate others through truamatic situations brings me into relationship with many other people. My purpose in all of those relationships is always the same...to honor God! Whether I am with my best girlfriends or in the counseling room I have a responsibility to honor God and in so doing I will honor my friends and add value to their lives. We will be equally blessed.

In future weeks/months I will use my blog to address relationships and life events that tend to distress people. This will be "my view" and will be supported by scripture. I hope to keep it long enough to help but brief enough to not be too time consuming to enjoy or read.

Please feel free to send questions or comments that you would like addressed. I look forward to hearing from you!

Nancy