About renewing your relationship with others…

Matthew 5:42 Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you. (NIV)

Have you ever felt like saying, "I have relationship problems. There is a constant strain when I am with others. My relationships are not what they should be."

Acceptance, forgiveness, giving, and unselfish love are important parts of any healthy relationship. However, putting these important parts of a relationship into practice can be difficult. To renew and rebuild your life with others, accept others for who they are, not for what you want them to be. Be willing to leave others alone and do not try to manipulate them or get them to do or be what you want them to do or to be. Forgive others more often. For some people, we need to be in a continual mode of forgiveness because others can continually rub us the wrong way or they do not fit into our idea of what we want others to be. To renew your relationship with others, give to them with no expectation of getting anything in return. To renew your relationship with others, find a way to unselfishly love others in spite of what they appear to be on the outside.