Lent Day 30

Galatians 5:13-14

It would be much easier to be a Christian if the relationship was only between God and myself. If I only had to concern myself with my prayer life and my relationship with Him, then I could relate to the people around me according to my feelings. Unfortunately for my feelings, God has said that we are to love and serve one another. He has connected my relationship with Himself to my relationship with the people around me. If I want to be a good Christian, I need to work daily on my relationship with God and on my relationships with other people, especially other Christians. My interactions with them needs to be characterized by love and service (not always the way I feel like treating them). Yet like most aspects of Christianity I find that this is the hard road and it's the road that brings more joy. In loving others I find friendships with people I would not have expected to have more than a basic relationship with otherwise. In serving others I find myself served in return when I am the one in need. It may not always be what I feel like doing, but God's way is once again the best way.