Craig was joined by Chad Schuchmann. They gave a brief history of technology as we know it today: Cable television, the Internet, email, cell phones, smart phones, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, etc... They shared a trend they see emerging: People communicate more, but have less intimacy. Our communication has become less focused and more scattered.
They gave some tips on how to use modern communication tools effectively without becoming enslaved to them. They also looked at ways to experience intimacy in our most important relationships: our family, friends, and God.
Our new episode of WEtv covers healthier marriages and relationships.
My wife Amber, a Marriage and Family Therapist, and I look at five steps to a healthier marriage / relationship. Although we don’t have everything figured out, we share some of the things we have learned and experienced in our careers and through fifteen years of marriage. Things we covered are:
5 Love Languages
4 Things that Will Ruin a Marriage
3 Greek Words for Love
2 Ways to Communicate
1 Thing Every Marriage Needs
Love overcomes denial and betrayal. In John 18, Peter denied Jesus three times. In John 21, verses 15 to 17, Jesus asked Peter if Peter loved Jesus three times. Peter affirmed three times he did. This exchange is a powerful witness to love overcoming hurt.
Think of some relationships you have that are strained or broken. Note the pattern of Peter and Jesus.
Peter affirmed his love to Jesus.
Jesus asked Peter to do what was most important to Jesus: feeding his sheep.
Effective communication helped restore the relationship.
Pray for effective communication and reconciliation (or at least understanding) to happen in the relationships you thought about that are strained and broken.
Jesus asked Peter to feed his sheep. This was what was most important to him. Taking care of the flock. Since Jesus was going to be gone, he entrusted the work of the Church to Peter. The relationship had been restored. Not because of Peter's work (it hadn't happened yet), but because of Jesus and his ability to trust again and believe the best in others.
Jesus wants us to feed sheep as well. To have our place in the Church.
Who has God put in your life so that you can care for them?
What are you feeling compelled to do to serve others?
