Relationships must be intentional
Get to know not just what you like
But learn their interests.
Relationships should shape us and
Help us to Grow…
They should move us
Motivate us and
Enable us to
Take the focus off of us and
Learn about them
Enter their world
Through relationships we should
Learn a lot about us
How we communicate
What we value
How we invest
How we love
How our lives will be lived
Love Helps
Learning their interests
Opens doors
For learning to love them.
Who are you getting to know…
Do you care?
About them and
Their interests
I’m learning to care…
Therefore if you have any encouragement from being united with Christ,
if any comfort from his love,
if any common sharing in the Spirit,
if any tenderness and compassion,
then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love,
being one in spirit and of one mind.
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit.
Rather, in humility value others above yourselves,
not looking to your own interests but each of you to the interests of the others.
Philippians 2:1-4
(NIV, my own emphasis)
-Caleb Ross Hunter