Meditations on "Relationship"

"Unforgiveness is like drinking a cup of poison and hoping the other person dies.

For many of us life sometimes seems like innumerable strings all tangled and knotted together.

Our former lifestyle in addiction and destructive life habits was harsh and difficult.

Today we are continuing to look at the excuses and faulty reasons we give for making poor choices and our tendency to justify our actions.

One reason for rationalizing poor behaviour is that we want the pleasure or the power it offers.

Addicts are experts at creating excuses to rationalize their behavior and to minimize the complexity of their problems.

What kind of commitments do we make? How do we feel when we keep a commitment, even when it's challenging to do so?

The Jesus Culture band sings a song called “He Is Faithful”.

God created us as moral beings. His word teaches us how to live in relationship with Him and with others.

From the chaos of our dysfunctional lives many of us called out to God with words like, “God if you are really there, please help me”.

) People with discernment naturally do the right thing in each situation.

Who wants trouble? None of us do and as we listen to God’s counsel there’s a lot of trouble we can avoid.