Are Your Expectations Realistic?

The health of a relationship is as dependent on words spoken as it is on actual conduct. There are instances where behavior speaks louder than words. Your behavior gives evidence that words either were spoken in truth or stand as a contradiction to truth and honor.

Character and your identity cannot be separated from the quality of your vocabulary. An old cliché stands in judgment for speaking without thinking. Perhaps you’ve heard it. “Speak in haste and repent in leisure.” So...

Have you regretted speaking in anger or thoughtlessness?

Accepting accountability has positive rewards for those who permit it to guard their lives. Proverbs 2:7 affirms God’s response to those who are committed to being accountable: “He holds victory in store for the upright; He is a shield to those whose walk is blameless, for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of the faithful.” What does God expect from you and me?

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Here is the new agreement I, the Lord, will make with my people…. “I will write my laws on their hearts and minds. I will be their God and they will be my people.”

~Jeremiah 31:33 Contemporary English Version

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How Would You Personally Define Compatibility?

You may have seen TV commercials of couples testifying they have the perfect soulmate. 

However compatibility, at whatever level, must be consistently nurtured or else it loses its strength to stay fresh and fulfilling.

How could this possibly happen? Changes occur in the way individuals perceive each other. What was once an adored and loved personality trait may over time lose its luster and attractiveness. Focusing on what has become undesirable diminishes compatibility.

Can compatibility be restored? Relationships and people change in ways that make it possible for insight and wisdom to replace what has become objectionable. God’s love internalized makes forgiveness and restoration desirable. Jeremiah 31:33 is encouraging. “I have loved you with an everlasting love, therefore I will continue my faithfulness to you.” Live in that reality now.  

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But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

~Romans 5:8 New International Version

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