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Relational challenges will almost always be more demanding for us than circumstantial challenges. People are just harder to deal with than things. In relational challenges we also have someone in eyeshot to blame. And let’s admit it. Some situations actually fix. People don’t. ->
Ideally, we grow and change but fix? Nope. Not until we see Jesus. This is for all of us who desperately need endurance in relationships we deeply want - are committed to - but find greatly challenging. Overwhelming at times. That which does not challenge us rarely changes us. ->
Here’s the thing. We’re being changed in that continual challenge but in what way? The goal is to grow in Christlikeness but we can so easily increasingly lose heart, patience, passion, compassion. The last one’s especially crucial in relationships. Fight to stay compassionate.->
It’s hard being human. And it’s scary down here on Planet Earth & Jesus knows it. He’s been here. He’s worn & then had torn a human body like ours that gets weary, sleepy, hungry, frail. That bruises & bleeds. His heart, like ours, got broken & betrayed. He, like us, got lonely.
I just want to say today that our endurance is not in vain nor is our resolve to not grow bitter or hostile or to opt out. It also affords us an opportunity for one of the most mysteriously beautiful encounters in the human experience: fellowshipping in Christ’s sufferings. ->
Enter into it with Him. Read some of the psalms aloud to Him. Lament. Tell Him what you’re going through. Yes, He knows but this is intimacy. Pour your heart out & let Him pour a fresh supply of divine love into your heart “through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.” (Rom 5:5)
We’re all going to make it. He’ll see to it and in the meantime, He’s using that difficulty we can never completely master to keep us close. Dependent. Growing. He knows it’s hard. He knows who He’s shaping us to be. Hang in there. And always remember: relationship is the point.
