Relationships

The complexities of relationships- please note that I am not only referring to male/female relationships although I am not excluding this either but the relationships between family members, friends, aquaintances, etc. I am also not really talking about our relationship with God as this is a whole other post in itself although that said I am referring to the relationships we as people have and many of my thoughts are coming from conversations I have had with Christians recently so I am not excluding relationships with God either.

I have recently seen about 6 or 7 ways that we can stuff up relationships through miscommunication and poor communication (often my doing I must confess). One thing I have been quite impressed (as well as extremely uncomfortable) with the ways in which some of my friends have dealt with these small hiccups that could have grown way out of control. I am not terribly good/ comfortable approaching people and being completely upfront about things (I dont mean that I am dishonest- I just prefer to let things slide) I usually let things get to explosion point and then... I explode to myself (is that imploding???) when others are not around- and for the record thank you to some of those people who have witnessed the ex/imploding- it rarely happens. What I am trying to say in a very roundabout way is that I think it is one of the most important things that God has given us- COMMUNICATION and I know I dont always use it appropriately or efficiently but it is something I/we can and should keep working on- so we can honour and glorify God in our interactions and communications with others.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT A PERSONAL ATTACK ON ANYONE- THESE ARE MERELY MY THOUGHTS AND I HAVE HAD THESE THOUGHTS FOR A VERY LONG TIME!!!