Saturday, March 29, 2008

Restoring Relationship


Family,

Christ and I had the honor and privilege of listening too and meeting Dominic Herbst, author of the series Restoring Relationships this past week. A manual and journal, here is some info.

Life is made up of relationships between family, friends, co-workers, God, etc. Without relationships life would be very boring. In the same respect God created “relationship” for communion with man. If God’s relationship with man is the definition of how relationships are supposed to work (Matthew 22:37), then what about our other relationships, i.e. family and friends (Matthew 22:37-40).

We all have struggling relationships in our lives from friends, co-workers and even family members. In the restoring relationship journal, it will take you on a journey of discovering the root of past infected wounds. It’s like a biblical intervention. Now not all wounds can get infected, however those infected wounds tend to stay with us for a very long time and produce a fruit of bitterness. Is it possible that something in our past is still haunting us? Could a friend or family member have wounded us so dramatically that we have not realized it? Are there relational wounds of detachment, rejection, abandonment, abuse in our past? Do not be fouled, has fallen people; all EVERYONE feels like that at some point in there life. Understand that perception becomes reality in many cases and many wounds are the result of a miscommunication (Luke 17:1). Someone perceives something or takes something the wrong way and then the crazy spin cycle of emotions begins to take over our life.

Through the Restoring Relationships Journal; one can go through wounding process, understand the reconciliation process, and restore there relationship with Christ and the wounded. The unique thing about Restoring Relationships Journal is again, it forces you to go through the process of finding these wounds and infected wounds. It is an interactive process which Christi and I our going to start.

I would encourage you all to surf the web site, ask questions and ask God about your relationships in the present that have been shaped from the past. I truly believe we all know where we want to go, but sometimes do not know how to get there. This may help Christi and I get to where we want to go. www.bfsf.org

1 comment:

Dee Howell said...

Mike,
Thanks for sharing this information with all of us.I am going to order the work book and see where it takes me. I know we could all use any principles of God that would help us to lead better lives in any relationship we are involved in. Let me know how the videos are.
Love Mom