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This is the conclusion to my book - "Loving - Developing Loving Relationships" What a joy great relationships are in life!  But I would like to leave you with one very important and overarching thought.  Only one relationship can satisfy you.  Sadly, people often try to find satisfaction in their relationships when we know that is not possible.  Only God can fill that satisfying role in our lives and if we try to make a relationship with a spouse, friend or child take the place of the role God should play in our lives, we have actually just made an idol. I often hear counselors, even Christian counselors, give advice that goes along these lines.  “You need to adjust this behavior and continue that habit in marriage so that you can make your spouse happy.”  Or, “Men have this need and women have this need.”  Our job is to meet the other person's needs so they are happy.  I realize that we are all different, and so we all have different n...

God’s presence is a never-ending flow of Edenic delight that can fully satisfy every human’s craving, yet cannot be fully tasted by mere human senses, no more than any human could fully drink a river dry. This week I enjoyed Memorial Day camping and hiking  with my family .  The little hiking trail ascended for about 3/4 th of a mile along a river bed to where it descended from a 60-80-foot cliff forming the beautiful Bash-Bish water falls.  It was a peaceful site to take in.  Perhaps the Lord made gravity just so we could enjoy the magnificence of trillions of little water drops descending in perfect unorganized beauty.  Thank you Lord for your creative genius! With the backdrop of that experience, this morning I meditated on Psalm 36:8.  So much to drink in this verse! They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights (Psalm 36:8). The delight is in God and His things.   ...

The Pleasantness of a Religious Life Matthew Henry   This was a wonderful little book that the Lord used in my life recently.   Its theme has been repeated for generations… all the way back to the first followers of Jesus: “So Jesus said to the Twelve, ‘Do you want to go away as well?’   Simon Peter answered Him, ‘Lord, to whom shall we go? You have the words of eternal life’” (John 6:67-68). It goes back to Moses: “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,   choosing rather to endure ill-treatment with the people of God than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin” (Hebrews 11:24-25). And it was first experience by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. It has been promoted through the ages by those who have experienced the joy of God.   I’ll summarize the theme in my own words.   A life pursuing the enjoyments of God is a life of satisfaction and fulfillment far beyond a life ...