The Gospel And Relationships
I am learning that in every situation in life we must always come back to the gospel, and that this is especially true in interpersonal relationships. Most of our lives are spent in relationship with other people, and since no two people on earth are going to be able to agree on absolutely every issue conflict is a natural part of every relationship. I want to look at some practical ways that the gospel should change how we as believers interact with other people, but first we need to consider a few foundational principles. We are all creatures of habit. Some fight against this more than others, but to some degree we all have our little routines that we can't live without. Perhaps some would try to argue that this is not the case for them because they intentionally avoid routine, but avoidance would still be classified as a routine. Since we are creatures of habit, for the most part, we are going to continue to resort to many of the same thought and action patterns that we have