The honeymoon stage of any relationship is always a sweet place to be.
You are able to laugh, be awe struck with the newness, shower blessings on the other individual, overall it’s usually filled with Joy, Laughter, Peace, and a lot of unknowing and not caring about the future.
It’s a stage in the relationship that people enjoy and usually try to recreate as the relationship progresses to something more.
But what about once you know a person better then you know yourself, what about the times that are hard and you have to fight for the relationship, what about the times that you miss that person so much, you would be happy to just hear their voice for 30 seconds.
I believe it’s in these places in a relationship that we grow and they are truly the blessed part of the relationship.
This doesn’t just have to be in a dating relationship either.
In this season of my life i’m living with two of my friends I did the World Race with. I have known them for a little over 2 years now, and the honeymoon stage is over.
We have seen each other at our best and worst, we have seen each other after just waking up, or crying over a loved one, being mad and frustrated with our decisions or others that influence us, and yet we still choose to love one another.
It’s in those times that we have sit with each other, even if it was the person we were struggling with, that has brought a deeper relationship. The tension has been there and instead of pushing it aside and moving on or leaving we have embraced it and chose to fight through it and come out stronger on the other side.
Not only is this true in our earthly relationships but it’s also true with our relationship with Daddy.
There are times we don’t agree with what he is telling us. But we know it’s for our best interest and His plan is better. I’m sure you have had times where you feel like you are alone and there is this spiritual tension between you and the Lord, and you have to fight for your relationship more then you had to when you first gave your life to the Lord.
It’s not always easy, but it’s so good! Those times we fight for our relationship with the Lord, make our relationship stronger and produce great fruit.
I would rather count the blessings of the hard times, the times we fight for relationships. To me it shows that the relationship matters and I choose to be in it. After all each relationship in our lives we have a choice to be in it or not. It’s in those hard times that you make that choice.
Yes the honeymoon stage is great and beautiful, but is that all you want out of your relationship is surface communication?
Not me I want the depths of relationships that come from going through the valley and coming out on the other side.
Give me the hard times
Give me depth in relationships
Give me people who will fight for relationships!
