Relationship Wisdom

#1MinuteEncouragement Bitterness! What an incredible evil soul-root bitterness is. When you let bitterness take over your soul, it doesn’t hurt the person you are bitter against, it hurts you, it changes you, and doesn't affect them at all. Are you struggling with bitterness? I want to help you get free. #DigDeeper With This: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/bitter-soul/

Life is always better when God is in the lead and us in followship of Him, together. Growing through life together, me and you and Jesus, all of us together. Together is so much better. We human beings have that human condition tendency to just go it alone. We have to stop giving into the fake reality where we “think we can” do it all by ourself, we can’t. There is no joy in enjoy when we are alone, we need God, we need each other. Yes, life is always much better lived together with God at the center of our lives. The tugging of the world will not quit, the storms of life will roll in, but we know, our anchor, secured by a tree strand cord, (Jesus, Holy Spirit, Father God) it will hold. We together need Christ in us, and no weapon formed against us will prosper as He navigates our lives in His purposeful goodness. We should do everything we can to stand in Christ and fight the good fight of faith. God is the all of our everything, in our individual vital-vertical relationship, He overflows His anointing through us to each other, then together, we step out into our world in faith, splashing His light all over our pathways as we live, laugh and love! This is our great God Adventure together. Our hearts are tied together with an unbreakable three strand cord. The Father, Son, And Holy Spirit. Yes, together with God, we are much better than we could ever be and we point the way to Jesus to our world. “Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. If one person falls, the other can reach out and help. But someone who falls alone is in real trouble. Likewise, two people lying close together can keep each other warm. But how can one be warm alone? A person standing alone can be attacked and defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer. Three are even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken.” Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 Dig Deeper: https://thebridegroomscafe.com/christ-in-me/

#1MinuteEncouragement It is not fun to be defamed by someone else, especially when they don’t know what they “think they know” about you. If you don’t agree with someone, you can devalue their opinion without dehumanizing them with your spiteful personal rhetoric. Hate what they stand for, yes, hate the person, no. #DigDeeper https://thebridegroomscafe.com/spirit-of-truth/

Are you hurt by a relationship that has suddenly turned sour? Have you been hurt by other people who have stabbed you in the back with their words and actions? REMEMBER: Jesus! I was thinking about Jesus today, and how He loved us even though He had been hurt by us. Jesus loved like He had never been hurt, went to the cross and died for us, and that is why we can make the choice to: LOVE WELL when we have been hurt. Everyone has a human condition that flares up, especially in tense situations. Relationships sometimes get overwhelmed with the stank of assumption. Assumptions are the worst weapons when they are used against us in the form of a false accusation. Jesus even had compassion and forbearance for those kinds of things, those false accusations that pierce your heart as they are shared disrespectfully. Even in the face of angry false accusations, Jesus showed mercy. Mercy is a beautiful thing and we should learn to reflect the mercy God showed us, instead of deflecting relational pain with offense of heart. None of us deserved the forgiveness Jesus bought for us with His life. He loved us with His life, even though we had hurt Him with ours. People wound people, sometimes it is not even intentional, it just happens. Life is crazy at times and we get hurt, we get hurt by something that is not even real, not even reality. People speak what they “think they know” and they speak it like it is a reality of truth. How can they know your heart, your motive, your thoughts, when sometimes they don’t know you at all, yet they speak like they do? This hurts more than anything, to be falsely accused by something that is a fake reality. Even in this, we can love unconditionally, we can forbear, we can show mercy when others don’t deserve it. The mercy Jesus showed us, what a beautiful thing that was! Mercy is a beautiful thing. Express Mercy. Experience the joy of mercy, by entrusting God with your heart wound and with those who hurt you, and love others, even if they don’t deserve it. Love well. There is no peace like the peace that comes after mercy is shown. Mercy Is A Beautiful Thing! God bless ya.

Senseless! Who wins the strife filled argument? The Two Edged Sword, God’s Word, It Is For Us, To Change Us, Through Its Living Power. We don’t use the word to stab others, this is not how love wins. Jesus is the Word, His way is love, His Rulership is love. When you speak, lead with love, love like the power of the cross of Jesus portrays. Relationship-Truth In Love.