This week is incredibly important for parents, single kids, single adults, and everyone who wants to avoid disastrous mistakes in relationships. So much of the pain I've seen in life has come when a person has chosen to believe something about someone else despite evidence to the contrary and advice from friends.
For example, a young man is developing a relationship with a woman who is a liar. People try to warn him, he gets burned by her lies time and time again, yet still he pursues her because he thinks he loves her.
I've seen young women continue to stay in a relationship with a man who is angry. They are not married, but she feels like he needs her, so she stays and perhaps even marries the man.
The problem with relationships is that our emotions get involved, we get infatuated! Notice I did not say love. Almost every popular song about love is not about love at all, it's about obsession and infatuation. When you get carried away with your emotions sanity, good sense, and godliness often go out the window.
That's why the Proverbs challenges you to "guard your heart with all diligence." (Proverbs 4:23) The time to evaluate character is BEFORE you get all emotionally involved with someone. The time to evaluate character is BEFORE you hire the person or become his/her business partner.
I pray that this week will stir you to become a student of the Proverbs, specifically to learn what kind of people to avoid. You will be blessed when like Jesus says, you are, "wise as serpents, but innocent as doves."
One final thing. What if you are married to someone who is angry, lacks integrity, or is lazy? What if you have a son or daughter who is a fool? Can discernment help you then? Absolutely. Godly discernment can guide your love so that you are not enabling the foolish behavior, but rather you are giving the person you love the greatest chance to grow.
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