We really have no control over what comes to us from our parents. We didn’t pick our family. We didn’t pick our heritage. But how we leave this world is something different. We have influence on our legacy. We have responsibility on what we leave behind. What legacy do YOU want to leave behind?
We gravitate toward relationships where we get connection, closeness, acceptance, and approval. An essential part of our human nature is the need to belong. God designed us to start in relationship and continue with relationships. How do we grow relationships with intention and attention?
God’s love does not keep us from trials, but His love sees us through them.
Over the years we have noticed that model homes and remodeled homes have a primary suite that is really quite impressive. There are walk-in closets, lots of space, spa-like bathrooms. The primary suite is huge; kids rooms are small. Emotionally & functionally, however, we find that kids tend to get the big rooms in our life. We neglect caring for the marriage room, and our marriage relationship becomes a hallway where we just pass through to take care of self, take a quick shower, take care of kids.
