“Thank God because he’s good, because he love never quits.” Psalm 118.1
As hard as we try, we are not consistent in our relationships with anyone or anything. I challenge you to prove this belief false. I cannot find anyone that claims to have or experience this kind of consistency, except on God’s side of the equation.
I am experiencing the first few days of fall, a change in daily life reflected through cold winds and rain offset by brief moments of sunshine. This time of year forces me to consider my attitude towards the lazy days of summer, anticipation of spring, and quiet resignation towards winter. Is everything in life bound to stay in the same cycles of yesterday? Is there anyway to break into a new paradigm where relationships grow and nurture themselves more consistently?
My relationships are like an eternal yo-yo that will not stop. I struggle with the tendency and desire to put the blame on anyone other than myself, all the while knowing it is my own fluctuating behavior that drives most of the variation. Is this good or bad?
God is incredibly honest when he tells me that I will always be this way during my life on earth. I was a failure at the time of my birth, the failure continues during my life today, and the future is bleak. God is amazing when he tells me that He loves me knowing that I have, am, and will continue to fail. God states unequivocally that His feelings are so strong that He gave everything to secure the possibility of eternal relationship together.
What is the price of this love? The answer is nothing and everything. The answer also contains the key in breaking the cycle in my inconsistent relationships. God gives me the ultimate gift of grace and love freely and unconditionally. I merely need to express a desire to have it. By expressing a need and a desire, I begin a path of transformation that starts with inside and shows itself in my relationships.
Consistency comes through God.
