The thing about relationships is, when you are in the middle of one, they consume your focus.

Our hearts lie. Something can 'feel' right and be completely wrong.

When you let God be God you can let humans be humans. When we place God in His rightful place in our lives, we don't struggle so much when human relationships let us down.

If you ant to feel deeply, you have to think deeply. Too often we separate the two. We assume that if we want to feel deeply, then we need to sit around and, well, feel. But emotion built on emotion is empty. True emotion- emotion that is reliable and does not lead us astray- is always a response to reality, to truth.

The common error today is to bring God so close that we strip Him of His "godness." We think we have him figured out. So God becomes our pal, our buddy, our Divine Butler." from "Dug Down Deep

Every relationship for a Christian is an opportunity to love another person like God has loved us.

We express true love in obedience to God and service to others- not reckless or selfish behavior- and we choose these behaviors.