Do you rush into relationships without weighing the pros and cons? Think back to your last failed relationship. That might include a friendship, a commitment, or even a marriage. Did you count the cost of that relationship before you entered into it? A lot of times, the very reason a relationship fails is from failure to count the cost of it first.
For instance, say you meet someone you?re interested in, but you find out they left a marriage last month. If ?you count the cost, you might find they haven?t healed, their financial stability is nearly destroyed, or their children aren?t adjusting well to the divorce. If you decide to enter a relationship with them anyway, you?ll most likely end up battling with their unresolved hurt, money problems, and children who consider you a threat.
In most cases, when you overlook or ignore those costs, the relationship doesn?t work out. A harvest of hurt grows, you can?t figure out why it happened, and you may even blame God. This story is the story for so many people and it usually stems from a decision to start a relationship without having counted the cost?never because of a mistake or fault of God.
This week, renew your approach to beginning new relationships by counting the cost first. Remember, that doesn?t mean backing away from anyone with a problem, but simply setting up relative boundaries where it?s too costly, until those problems are appropriately resolved.
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Prayer:?Father God, You are pro-relationship but You do not want me to dive into relationships without counting the cost first. You know that?hurt follows lack of wisdom. Help me to practice wisdom in all my relationships. And God, for those relationships I?ve already committed to, show me how to make my part right where it was already wrong. In Jesus name I pray, Amen.
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