It has been said that all of life illustrates Bible doctrine. I think that is nowhere more true than in our relationships. How is our marriage like our relationship with God? How does romance reflect the deepest desire of our soul? How do our family relationships give us a glimpse into the heart of God? How do our relationships with friends and enemies shape us and lead toward restoration or destruction?
We look at our relationships to understand more of God and we look at God's Word to understand more of relationships. It is through interactions with others that our best, and worst, come out. We have the opportunity to draw closer to God and each other as we follow his lead into some of the hardest and messiest situations of life.
It is my prayer for myself and you that we take these difficult situations and we search out what it means to love. I will leave you with this quote from C.S. Lewis:
"All natural affections [relationships]. . . can become rivals to spiritual love: but they can also be preparatory imitations of it, training(so to speak) of the spiritual muscles which Grace may later put into a higher service; as women nurse dolls in childhood and later nurse children."
May our relationships be preparatory imitations of our desire to know and be known by Christ.
Learning to Live Loved,
Deon
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