Actually, it matters hugely. This topic is too deep and too significant to cover here. We will touch on it again in later sessions.
But to give you a hint, the things that have the greatest impact on our lives are spiritual things: how we understand who we are, our worth and significance, what gives meaning to our lives, where we find peace and hope for our future, and so on.
The thing is, we all need these, we all chase them. And if we don’t receive them as free gifts of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, we will be mistakenly searching for them elsewhere.
One of the places we often search for them is in our relationships. This is where the risk is: if we expect from our relationships, from our spouse, what only the true God can give us, then we will be disappointed when we don’t find it there.
Conflicts, hurt, and pain
All these and many other manifestations of our innate sinful nature will inevitably lead to conflicts, hurt, pain and broken relationships. We will act foolishly, we will make mistakes, we will hurt our closest, we will fail them and let them down.
Therefore, we desperately need a mechanism to restore what is broken: something that would help us to reconcile and find peace and harmony in our relationships again, and again, and again. We will learn about where this help is found in later sessions dealing with forgiveness.
This introduction should serve as a ‘heads-up’: a calling to be realistic, wise, prepared, equipped, and ready to stand and work for your future happiness. There is plenty of very practical wisdom for that to come.
Watch video and engage conversations on “Wisdom 4 Relationships” course.
But to give you a hint, the things that have the greatest impact on our lives are spiritual things: how we understand who we are, our worth and significance, what gives meaning to our lives, where we find peace and hope for our future, and so on.
The thing is, we all need these, we all chase them. And if we don’t receive them as free gifts of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, we will be mistakenly searching for them elsewhere.
One of the places we often search for them is in our relationships. This is where the risk is: if we expect from our relationships, from our spouse, what only the true God can give us, then we will be disappointed when we don’t find it there.
Conflicts, hurt, and pain
All these and many other manifestations of our innate sinful nature will inevitably lead to conflicts, hurt, pain and broken relationships. We will act foolishly, we will make mistakes, we will hurt our closest, we will fail them and let them down.
Therefore, we desperately need a mechanism to restore what is broken: something that would help us to reconcile and find peace and harmony in our relationships again, and again, and again. We will learn about where this help is found in later sessions dealing with forgiveness.
This introduction should serve as a ‘heads-up’: a calling to be realistic, wise, prepared, equipped, and ready to stand and work for your future happiness. There is plenty of very practical wisdom for that to come.
Watch video and engage conversations on “Wisdom 4 Relationships” course.
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