Quotes about Relationship

An authentic relationship means telling the truth about how we feel — and that's the kind of relationship God wants with us.

face." I sat spellbound. Here it was — the image of grace I had been seeking: an aspiring father bringing unconditional acceptance to a child who had absolutely nothing to offer, no accolades or accomplishments, just herself in all of her vulnerability and scars and weaknesses. My eyes moistened. This is the love of a dad. Maybe — just maybe — this is the love of a Father.

Every crisis raises relational issues: Will you try it and handle it yourself? Will you find a new partner? Or will you and Jesus tackle the crisis together? In tackling the stuff of life together, you'll see that your relationship with God will deepen. In pondering Christ, you find that you are in fact living His life, and God is living yours. Christ in you and you in Christ. God doesn't lead you through phases or steps.

Worship is what you do when you've heard Jesus speak. A worship life is what you live when you walk with Jesus.

Adam means "human." Eve means "life." A human needs another for "life" to come alive and become living. Identity can't grow ferally, only communally. We were meant to eat together, not solo. Eve's solitary eating is what got her in trouble.

Christ does not say to me, "Be yourself." He says, "Be with me." BROTHER ROGER OF TAIZÉ

The more we are the Presence of Christ for others, the more present we are for Christ to speak to us.

Let your religion be less of a theory and more of a love affair. —G. K. Chesterton12

It is more important that our churches have tables that are relationally correct than liturgically correct. Rules aren't "truth"; we don't follow out of slavish obedience to something absolute. We follow preestablished rules because we want to signal our love of community….

there is a vast difference between talking about God and listening to a God who talks to you.

There it is . . . Our God declares the end in the beginning. In Christ, God loved us before we loved him, caught us before we fell, forgave us before we asked, clothed us in righteousness before we realized we were naked, and cleansed us before we were aware of our filth. God called those who were enemies, aliens, and strangers his very own children and friends. And wrote the story of our life before we drew our first breath.

Spiritual people are not those who engage in certain spiritual practices; they are those who draw their life from a conversational relationship with God.