Bonding and Communication Work Together

Mankind is designed to demonstrate aggression toward others, and at times toward himself. One purpose of bonding and communicating is to reduce hostility within a relationship and within oneself. Where bonding is allowed to evolve and be nurtured, the potential for conflict is limited. Consequently, healthy bonding and communication establish peace and intimacy.

In normal relationships the strength of the physical and emotional bond tends to increase as knowledge and appreciation of each other continue to grow and blossom. Where there is freedom to mutually express ideas and beliefs, the ties that bind continue to be strengthened.

Specific communication that enhances love and affection not only stabilizes bonding but promotes security by abolishing aggression. Hosea 11:4 speaks of God's bond to us. "I led them with kindness, and love; I lifted the yoke from their neck." God nurtures his people because the bond that ties us to him never weakens. 

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May God, who helps you to endure and encourages you, give you such harmony with one another as you follow Christ Jesus that together with one voice you praise the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.

~Romans 15:5-6 Beck – New Testament in the Language of Today 

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Holding on Through Failure and Success - Part 2

To think of defeat as being an impostor is easy to accept. But to consider success as an impostor is hard to swallow. Very few people set themselves up to fail because success is a primary objective. However success as well as failure has the power to corrupt. Success can give birth to disregarding the rules for a healthy, godly life.

Success can blind a person to boundaries that were earlier a guiding force in life. Success can create an illusion of being invulnerable to failure. Rudyard Kipling's poem, Rewards and Fairies, regarded success as being an impostor whenever it has the alluring capacity to erase from consciousness the need for God.

The Apostle Paul, speaking to the church at Rome, prayed that God, who gives endurance and encouragement, would create such unity of heart and mind that each believer would give him recognition and praise for all they have, whether a little or in abundance. This attitude sees success or failure from God's perspective.