One Of The Most Important Relationships To Keep In Life
Start writing a post
Lifestyle

One Of The Most Important Relationships To Keep In Life

He is worth the extra time.

687
One Of The Most Important Relationships To Keep In Life
Pexels

Keeping healthy, loving, and caring relationships throughout your life is challenging, time consuming, and often difficult to keep up with. These relationships require extra effort and extra determination to keep them working smoothly and moving forward in the right direction.

When people commit themselves to these types of realtionships, it usually becomes one of their main focuses in life, which can be a beautiful, but also dangerous thing.

Love is a beautiful thing, and I really believe that there is nothing more beautiful in life than to love someone, and be loved back by them. But, people lose sight of the fact that in addition to that, there is TRULY nothing more beautiful in life than to loved by Him, because there is no other love as deep or as strong that exists.

As people form serious relationships in their personal lives, get wrapped up in time consuming activities, and academic responsibilities, teenagers and young adults often push their spiritual lives aside. This side of life always seems like the first side to go when people get too busy, and I’ve just recently realized why that is.

We take advantage of our relationship with God.

Since we know He will always be there, that He will always offer us forgiveness, and that He will always love us, we find it easier to throw this relationship to the side every once in a while, or not offer Him as much attention as we are offering others. We get into a routine of not praying as often, not attending church services as consistently, yet it doesn’t hit our internal conscious as hard because we know He is always understanding and forever compassionate.

This is the complete wrong way to go about maintaining a healthy relationship with God. Having a relationship with Him is just like any other relationship you have in your personal life, and if you are spending time and love with those people, you should definitely be able to spend time and love with God. You have to work at it, every day, and you have to be able to open up to Him, ask Him for help, show Him a side of you that not everyone sees, just like you have to do in your own personal relationships.

You have to put in the effort.

A relationship with God is one of the only relationships you will have consistently throughout your lifetime. Throughout your time here of this earth, He is the one you can always count on from the day you are born, until the day you pass. You can’t say that about hardly anyone else in your life, so you must always hold that in high regard.

Yes, God will always be there to celebrate your triumphs with you, and help you get back up again when you fall, but He deserves more recognition and more love from us then we will ever be able to give back to Him. But, let's at least try,

Let's at least try to put in that extra time to make your relationship as good as it can possibly be, let's at least try to put in the extra time to say thank you to Him more than we usually do. Because one thing about God is that He is not selfish like us humans, He is not looking for something in return or looking for justification on all the great work He’s doing, He just simply wants to know you and wants to be apart of your life.

Let Him in, and let Him show you what a true loving and caring relationship can look like, because with God you can go anywhere, do anything, but without Him you are only blinded to all the amazing opportunities He creates for us each and every day.

He is worth the extra time.

Report this Content
This article has not been reviewed by Odyssey HQ and solely reflects the ideas and opinions of the creator.
Golden retriever sat on the sand with ocean in the background
Photo by Justin Aikin on Unsplash

Anyone who knows me knows how much I adore my dog. I am constantly talking about my love for her. I attribute many of my dog's amazing qualities to her breed. She is a purebred Golden Retriever, and because of this I am a self-proclaimed expert on why these are the best pets a family could have. Here are 11 reasons why Goldens are the undisputed best dog breed in the world.

Keep Reading...Show less
Featured

Boyfriend's Christmas Wishlist: 23 Best Gift Ideas for Her

Here are the gifts I would like to ask my boyfriend for to make this season unforgettable.

87217
Young woman opening a Christmas gift

Recently, an article on Total Sorority Move called 23 Things My Boyfriend Better Not Get Me For Christmas, was going around on social media. I hope the author of this was kidding or using digital sarcasm, but I am still repulsed and shocked by the lack of appreciation throughout this article. I would like to represent the girlfriends out there who disagree with her standpoint -- the girlfriends who would be more than happy to receive any of these gifts from their boyfriends.

Keep Reading...Show less
Two teenage girls smiling

The 2000s were a time that many young adults today can look back on, joyfully reminisce and somewhat cringe at the trends and the fads that we all used to love and adore. Here's a list of things from the golden 2000s that will have one feeling nostalgic about all of those times.

Keep Reading...Show less
Student Life

7 Types Of Students You Will Meet In College

You wish you could be #5, but you know you're probably a #6.

9142
cool group of lazy college students in class
StableDiffusion

There are thousands of universities around the world, and each school boasts its own traditions and slogans. Some schools pride themselves on sports, while others emphasize their research facilities. While there is a myriad of differences among each and every school, there will always these seven types of students in class.

Keep Reading...Show less
woman in white tank top and orange jacket holding a bible
Photo by Joel Muniz on Unsplash

Life is hard. There is no surprise there. It’s confusing and scary and hectic, but there are some amazing qualities, too. Sometimes you feel alone and don’t know what to do. School gets in the way of what you want to do or you’re dropping friends you thought you trusted. Everyone has their moments. Everyone has felt in the lowest place and couldn’t find the strength to get back up. But I want to help with that. Here are 10 Bible verses I hope will brighten your day, or at least make you feel stronger and happier.

Keep Reading...Show less

Subscribe to Our Newsletter

Facebook Comments