Arrive at a Better Place in Your Relationships

Like traveling to a specific destination, our relationships are an intentional journey. And as with any journey, we need to map out where we hope to go and how we want to arrive somewhere better.

So when it comes to our spouse, children, extended family or friends, it’s not about the popular phrase, I’ve arrived.

Because we never attain perfection in relationships. Instead, the process of becoming stronger in key relationships requires us to evaluate and define how we arrive to desirable places.

Here are a few ideas on how we A.R.R.I.V.E.

A – Advance to Arrive

Advance means to move forward. Each day is a new opportunity to advance our relationships. 

For example, a bank account won’t grow unless we put money into it. In the same way, our relationships cannot grow without focused input. Are we making more deposits than withdrawals in our most important relationships?

Action points: Determine daily acts required to move toward a desired destination in our marriage. Discover what our kids need most from us. Deposit love, kindness, forgiveness, compassion and goodness into our relationships.

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R – Regard to Arrive

Google defines regard as consider or think of; attention to or concern.

Philippians 2:3 challenges us, “Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind regard one another as more important than yourselves” (NASB, emphasis mine). It’s not easy in the flesh. That’s why the Lord instructs us to walk in the Spirit (Galatians 5:25). 

When we regard our spouse in this way, it moves our marriage to a better place. And regarding our friends as more important than ourselves helps us lay down pride and arrive to a better place as a friend.

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