Relationship before preference

If you think about your closest relationships and how they came to be, more than likely it was relationship before preference. You became good friends with them because it just clicked. You have a ton in common, your personalities compliment each other, and they probably bring out the best in you. Over time, you begin to learn each others preferences-what really bothers or excites them. For other people, those things are annoyances or difficult to understand, but you understand them perfectly because of the relationship that you have formed. For you, there is no list of rights and wrongs that you need to please your friend by. Maybe you see where this is going. Christ wants a relationship with us first. Out of the relationship building process, understanding and fulfilling preferences flow naturally from within us. Sounds simple, but so many of us say and still believe (through our actions), "List first, relationship second." Try relationship first this week, I'm sure you won't regret it.