This week we turn our attention to building life-changing (healthy) relationships with each other.
Dave's dog "Bo" makes a guest appearance...
building life-changing relationships
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4 comments:
GREAT definition! Also, don't talk to others about someone before you've talked to that someone! Gossip is deadly in every relationship... and especially within a church. Words are like feathers in a pillow... once they're turned loose they can never be taken back.
Well done, guys!
Blessings!
Peg
I agree - Matthew 18:15-17 provides great advice on dealing with issues between people.
Step 1 - Go to the person you have an issue with 1-on-1 and attempt to resolve it. Owning up to your part of the problem can be a great first step.
Step 2 - If step one does not succeed, then take 2 or 3 IMPARTIAL people who can listen to both sides and try and help bring reconciliation.
Step 3 - The final step would be to bring the issue before the church. This assumes the church is spiritually mature, so I believe it is wise to bring it to spirirtually mature church leaders.
The whole process is NOT about winning an arguement, it IS about restoring a relationship!
By the way, if Step 3 (spiritually mature friends) is something you don't have or believe in - truly resolving really difficult personal issues so that the relationship becomes stronger than it was before the issue arose may be impossible.
Dave,
I've never heard that definition before, if it's an original it must be inspired!
Such a simple straight forward way to explain it.
I think gossip goes hand in hand with judgement, which is another detriment to relationships.
Honestly, I've used that definition for so long I don't remember if I heard it or read it somewhere (I probably did).
Judgement certainly hurts relationships, yet it's very close to accountability (which helps relationships).
To me, the primary difference is you give me permission to hold you accountable (and vice versa). With judgement, people just start pointing fingers with no relationship to back it up.
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