Gospel of John | Part 8 | Relationships | Michelle Snook

Relationships
The Gospel of John
May 1, 2022

What time did you get up this morning? Did you hit the snooze button or hop out of bed right away? Did you check Facebook first thing or the weather? Look at your calendar or read your Bible? What color shirt did you pick out of your closet? Was it eggs and bacon for breakfast or coffee and toast? Did you stop for gas on the way to work or decide to wait until later?
 
Some internet sources claim that on average people make an astonishing 35,000 decisions each day. I’m not sure how they came up with that number, but even a quick stroll down the cereal aisle at any grocery store would give you a great visual example of the overwhelming number of options that we as humans encounter on a daily basis. Some of our choices are big ones, others...not so much. But even the little ones like Cheerios or Rice Krispies for breakfast, tax your brain just a bit. Is it any wonder that by the end of the day, when you ask your spouse where they want to go for dinner, the answer is often, “I don’t care. You choose.”
 
So, when it comes to making a difficult choice, we are often prone to put off or avoid making the decision altogether. But choosing to delay or ignore is making a choice... it’s just not a great one.
 
We are continuing in our series on the Gospel of John, and this week we’re taking a deeper look at what Jesus said about relationships. What does it look like to really love others, especially when those others can be so opinionated, obnoxious, or different from us? When those others are so stinkin’ hard to love?
 
Loving others is a choice. And like all the other choices we make every day, doing it requires intentionality; doing it well requires real effort.
 
I invite you to join us as we consider what it means to love others, especially those who are challenging for us, in ways that are healthy.
 
At Dayspring, we are fully committed to growing as followers of Jesus, in every area of life. Come grow with us as we learn to more intentionally love others the way Jesus calls us to.