I told someone this morning I was starting a blog. They asked me, "What's it about?" I answered, "It's about relationships." So, the address of this blog is the brainchild of that conversation.
Relationships are essentially what our church and our lives are about. And through this blog I will share my thoughts and my heart as to where I believe God is leading our church in His plan to shape our lives and our relationships. It's a place where I can express and communicate what is going on in my thinking, and where you can express your thoughts in response to my thinking.
The way I see it, a successful life boils down to three important relationships: Our relationship with God; Our relationship with those who are His; and Our relationship with those that God desires to be His. When I evaluate the effectiveness of my life, I intentionally use these three gauges of relationship.
Is there positive movement in my life on all three relational gauges? If so, I believe my life is moving in a relationally healthy direction. If any of these relational gauges are on zero and showing no movement, or are non-existant, I'm not fulfilling my God-given potential and I need to make changes. But, what changes will I make?
Tune in to find out, and please feel free to speak up with your response.
Craig H
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ReplyDeleteCH...Thanks again for the reminder that our Lord wants relationship with us. And like the relationships we have with eachother, the more quality time spent with Him, the deeper that relationship will go. And if we neglect our relationship with Him, the more likely it is we'll feel distant from His Grace and Peace.
Craig,
ReplyDeleteThat's an interesting way of simplifying it all-- our success in life can be measured by the progress we're making in relationships with God, his people, and those whom he seeks.
To get a better handle on this, I'm curious to know how to came to this conclusion. How has the Lord been guiding your thinking?
Thanks for your comments Lee and inquisitor104. My next post will be an answer to inquisitor104's excellent question.
ReplyDeleteAs for now, I'm heading to bed. Had a great time today celebrating my wife's and my 14th wedding anniversary. Took my wife to Boulder for 10 whole hours without the kids. She loves World Cup Football (Soccer), so we went to an English Pub (in Boulder) to watch USA play England. Exciting time... felt like we where in a different country as a third of the fans were rooting for England. The pub was packed!!!