Two Way Street

When it comes to your relationships are you driving alone on a one way road? Or are you driving together on a two way highway?

For relationships to truly flourish and grow strong you need to be working together, for each other, sharing the drive. 

Life is going to get crazy. That's a given. You will have other relationships you are working to maintain as well. You will meet new people along the way and work on building trust and relationships with them. You have a job or jobs. And you have your family. So much driving, so much work. That's a lot to balance. 

Sometimes it gets overwhelming trying to balance it all, thats when it's important to have people in your life sharing that burden with you. Someone willing to share the drive. But sometimes you might start to feel like you're the only one driving. This is when you must ask yourself, who else is driving with me? Who else is working towards maintaining and strengthening the relationship with you? Who is expecting you to do all the driving?

Friendships shouldn't work like that. You both need to be putting in the effort. Like I said life can get really busy but take the time to text each other a reminder that you're thinking of each other. Even a "I miss you" GIF. Those are my favorite personally. Don't always wait for them to tell you when they are free, send them a text and ask them when is the next time you guys can hang out. Or even set up some Skype or FaceTime dates. We have way too much technology at our finger tips for us to not put in even the simplest of effort, so share the road. 

Just like your relationship with Jesus it's important to put in that time and effort. To maintain and keep any relationship strong you need to put in the time. Just as you make time for your daily Devos, make time for your friends and family as well. 

But even if you're the one doing all the driving, you're not driving alone. Jesus is always shot gun.