In the same way, you husbands must give honor to your wives. 1 Peter 3:7 (NLT) And let the wife see that she respects her husband. Ephesians 5:33 (NKJV) Relationships become distant when you lose respect. When people fall in love, it’s not just because they like how the other person looks. We develop love partly because we feel special when we are around each other. We feel understood and respected. Each sees the other’s potential and feels empowered to live up to those expectations. Ideally, we want these feelings to carry through year after year in any relationship, but sometimes people allow that respect to fade. They compete and compare themselves with each other. They focus on each other’s flaws. They allow offenses to …
Familiarity Can Lead To Disrespect
Give to everyone what you owe them: Pay your taxes and government fees to those who collect them, and give respect and honor to those who are in authority. Romans 13:7 (NLT) We’ve begun a series on honour, and yesterday we discussed how easy it is to lose respect for those we are most familiar with. This applies not only to families, but among friends and coworkers as well. Often staff members will overlook the time, effort and sacrifice the owner has put in—even when that owner is well respected by others in the industry—because they are too familiar with the boss’s shortcomings. One of the problems with the human race is how quickly we become overly familiar with those around us. We take people …
La familiaridad puede llevar a la falta de respeto
Denle a cada uno lo que le corresponde. Al que deba pagar contribuciones, páguenle las contribuciones; al que deba pagar impuestos, páguenle los impuestos; al que deba respeto, respétenlo; al que deba estimación, estímenlo. Romanos 13:7 (DHH) Comenzamos una serie sobre la honra, y ya discutimos sobre lo fácil que es faltar al respeto a aquellos con los que estamos más familiarizados. Esto se aplica no solo a las familias, sino también entre amigos y compañeros de trabajo. Con frecuencia, los miembros del personal pasan por alto el tiempo, el esfuerzo y el sacrificio que el propietario ha puesto — incluso cuando ese propietario es bien respetado por otros en la industria — porque están muy familiarizados con sus defectos como jefe. Uno de los …
Dealing With Hurt
But me he caught—reached all the way from sky to sea; he pulled me out of that ocean of hate, that enemy chaos, the void in which I was drowning…God stuck by me… I stood there saved—surprised to be loved! Psalms 18:16 (MSG) Let’s pretend that you recently dislocated your shoulder. Although it has been put back in place, any movement still causes excruciating pain. On your first day back at work, everyone happily greets you with a friendly hand shake. But each time you see stars and nearly pass out from the pain. You could conclude that everyone you work with wants to hurt you. But would this be reasonable? Most likely their intent was not to hurt you. You felt pain because you …
Lidiar con el daño
Dios me tendió la mano desde lo alto, y con su mano me sacó del mar inmenso. Salmos 18:16 (DHH) Vamos a pretender que recientemente usted se dislocó el hombro. Aunque este ha sido colocado en su lugar, cualquier movimiento sigue causándole dolor insoportable. En su primer día de regreso al trabajo, todos lo saludan alegremente con un apretón de manos amistoso. Pero cada vez que lo hacen, usted ve estrellas y casi que se desmaya del dolor. Usted podría llegar a la conclusión de que todas las personas con las que trabaja quieren hacerle daño. Pero, ¿sería esto razonable? Lo más probable es que su intención no es lastimarlo. Usted sintió dolor porque aún estaba sanando. Probablemente ellos no eran conscientes de su lesión …