Day 54- Loving others

Our relationships with other people are always changing and evolving. How can we expect them to stay the same when we don't stay the same? We grow older, change our habits and just... change. Sometimes that means we hit a rocky point in our relationship. Last Sunday's sermon at church was about relationships and hope. It could be for your marriage, family, friends, etc. Here are my notes:

What do you do to turn around a relationship that has hit a rough patch?

1. Thank God for your differences

2. Go to God with your disappointments

3. Trust God with your feelings

4. Ask God for his direction

5. Look to God as your example

- We can't expect people to act or do things only God can do.

- In all relationships you will be hurt or disappointed at some time.

- If you have the courage to turn a relationship around, talk to God first. Ask him to help you with this relationship. Oftentimes he will help provide some tiny miracle to start the healing process.

"If you go on hurting each other and tearing each other apart, be careful, or you will completely destroy each other." Gal 5:15

"...let us stop just saying we love people; let us really love them, and show it by our actions."

1 John 3:18

"Be patient with each other, making allowance for each other's faults because of your love."

Eph 4:2