Trust is a major key to a healthy relationship.
Dancing partners can only portray a pleasing harmony if one partner leads and the other follows. If both partners are leading, the dance becomes awkward and confusing. The follower needs to be receptive and responsive.
God is our leading partner. He is always leading the dance and always leading in our life.
Are you following and trusting God enough to keep Him in the lead?
Are you feeling weary?
Maybe you are being challenged by a relationship with conflicts that are weighing you down.
Do you sometimes wonder why God does not seem to be helping you with your burdens?
Are you confused about why He allows your strife to continue?
Consider the truth in these words written by the late pastor Albert B. Simpson:
“He has let that trouble come to you, beloved, just for an opportunity to get you out of it, that it may be a stepping stone to Himself”.
Could it be that the challenges that you are experiencing are being used by the Lord Jesus to call you closer to Him?
Are you ready to accept His offer of rest?
Where are you headed? Do you know how to get there?
Maybe there is a relationship in your life you would like to improve, or maybe there is one you should leave behind.
Do you have some big decisions to make?
Talking with a coach can make all the difference!
What is your next step?
God gives us the formula and know how to experience peace in the midst of conflict.
He also provides direction that assures the best solution when there’s struggle and division in a relationship.
He has the power to bind people together and bring peace when they put their faith in Him.
More on Peace from Charles Stanley:
“The Greek word for peace means to ‘bind together’ something that has been broken or disjointed. This is a superb illustration for how alienation between men and women – so often causing emptiness and disconnection from each other and God – can find a way toward unity and wholeness. God’s peace becomes available when they are united in their faith with God. This Greek word also refers to a prevailing sense of quietness and rest in a person’s heart and emotions…peace becoming synonymous with tranquility, serenity, and calm.”
Do you have an interest in learning more about how you can have peace in your relationships and your life? I have some tips!
Is there turmoil in your life? Perhaps a relationship that is causing pain and anguish?
Would you like to experience real peace and contentment even when storms may be raging around you?
It is possible!
Consider Charles Stanley’s scripture-based take on peace below:
“God’s peace is not an escape from reality. We are not transfixed or somehow mentally ‘removed’ from feeling pain or struggling…Rather, peace is an undergirding rock-solid foundation so that no matter the tears we cry or the sorrow we feel, deep down inside we know with an abiding assurance that God is with us. God is in control, and the joy of the Lord is going to emerge far greater than any depth of agony we may be experiencing.”
Would you like to experience this kind of peace? I can give you some pointers to help you find it.
(More on peace next week.)
Today I am bringing you the ultimate tip!
This tip has the power not only to change your relationships, but everything in your life that needs changing.
Here it is: God is the solution for every difficulty and problem we face in life. He is the source of our strength.
He wants us to trust Him completely. He wants us to turn to Him for the solutions to our problems and difficulties in life.
He is our healer and comforter and desires to heal us of our old emotional wounds and memories.
He wants us to be completely dependent upon Him. There is no substitute for trust in God.
Where do you turn for help? Are you depending on someone or something besides the Lord?
When it comes to relationships, the best tip that I can give you is to make Jesus your best friend! This is the key to life!
We all want and need loving, friendly and warm relationships. But if you’re putting your relationship with your spouse, child, family member, friend or any significant other before your relationship with Him, then you are missing out.
If you are concerned or troubled about your relationship with someone important to you, stop and think first about your relationship with Jesus. How does your relationship with Him compare with the relationship that concerns you? Although your relationship with Jesus is paramount, comparing it with the one you’re concerned about will likely help your understanding of whether He wants you to heal or strengthen that relationship, or perhaps allow Him to orchestrate removing it, especially if it has become an idol in your life.
“Oh, what peace we often forfeit, Oh, what needless pain we bear” when we don’t take our troubles to the Lord in prayer. He wants to know everything that is bothering us. Everything!
Is being God’s friend your greatest desire?
Looking to Jesus’ sacrificial love, we see what true love looks like.
If we desire to have fulfilling, meaningful relationships with others, then we need look no further than His demonstration to us.
True love has a cost. Jesus chose to love us regardless of the great cost of our sin.
“This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down His life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers and sisters.”
(1 John 3:16)
Are you willing to take on the sacrificial mindset of Christ in expressing your love for others?
For me, the importance of my coaching work is in direct correlation with the importance of establishing and maintaining loving relationships. Their importance is second only to my commitment to Christ and my relationship with Him.
Coaching is a partnership where we have a common goal – to improve the relationships of the client. My work is about encouraging and helping clients to cultivate healthy and enjoyable relationships.
My enthusiasm for coaching is fueled by the love of God. His unfathomable love and grace motivate me to share His love and to help clients to achieve God-given goals. God’s love touches and heals us. His love enables us to understand our true identity and worth, which allows us to enjoy healthy relationships.
My #1 priority of focusing on loving relationships is my storyline of why I do what I do.
Is there a relationship in your life that you would like some help with? Send me a message or schedule a complimentary thirty-minute call to talk about a partnership.
Good conflict resolution is integral to healthy relationships.
This picture reminds me of the importance of staying on an even keel when disagreements arise; staying steady, balanced, and on course.
When we feel hurt or upset by the words or actions of someone we care about, controlling our emotions is one of the ways we can maintain balance to have a clear perspective of the situation at hand.
We may feel out of control at the moment, but we can choose to stay calm and control our response. Then we will have our best shot at solving the problem at hand in a peaceful, harmonious manner.
We can even choose JOY in our trials! Joy comes from recognizing that that our trials can lead us towards faithfulness, loyalty, and, as Merriam-Webster notes, provide a “steady and unwavering course in love, allegiance and conviction.”
I find it especially satisfying when I’m able to help people toward the resolution of difficult conflicts.