Relationship fails.

When we get into relationships with anyone we have a level of trust right from the start. You either trust the person fully, or you don't. Trust plays a huge role in all of our lives. When we have broken trust, most times it can't be fully restored. Yesterday, I posted a blog about being the Garden of Gethsemane. After that God took me a little deeper into that portion of scripture in Matthew. 

In my huge inner circle, I have many experiencing separations. Whether that be a separation of friendship, or spouse, or something else. I'm seeing a lot of it. It's heartbreaking. I was chatting it up with God and he said, "Deborah you know that people will fail you. Be content with me. Don't make someone your everything."

I think in marriages that's where we fail a lot. I just recently watched a series called, "The Vow," from Life Church. Pastor Craig Groeschel talks about how we always hear, "I found the one." Which we shouldn't be saying. Because we shouldn't make a person our 1. We need to make them our 2. God should be first in all things. Anyway, moving forward. Sorry for the bunny trail. 

God wanted me to look at Jesus and his relationship with Him. When something was bothering Jesus, he took it to God. Not second. But first. He would instantly take it to his father. He didn't go to his buddies. He had a strong relationship with his father. We need to make sure that we are doing that. Why? Let me give you an example.

Judas. One of the disciples. One of Jesus's closest friends. Jesus loved Judas even though he knew that he would betray him. BUT Jesus had a relationship with his father and knew that when everything around him failed, God was there. Right at the end of that story, you see Jesus tell the disciples, "Look here comes my betrayer." He knew, and yet he still loved him. He carried an amazing amount of forgiveness in his life. 

I don't think I could have been that calm, cool, and collective. I would have lost my junk. Straight kung fu panda on him. But Jesus was like, Meh it's all good. Because Jesus didn't hang onto the relationship with his disciples but with God. At the end of the day, God isn't going to let us down. We have to make sure our relationship is solid with him. That's where you see the consistency with peoples emotions.