Valuing Relationships
Valuing Relationships reminds us that genuine love and friendship carry commitment and responsibilities. Relationships should not be one-sided. We must all do our part to keep them alive and beneficial for all.
Valuing Relationships reminds us that genuine love and friendship carry commitment and responsibilities. Relationships should not be one-sided. We must all do our part to keep them alive and beneficial for all.
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Part IV<br />
Relationship with God<br />
God the Father has always desired to have a<br />
close relationship with humans. Genuine friendship<br />
with God has many benefits. As recorded in Genesis<br />
2 and 3, before Adam sinned, God gave him many<br />
privileges. He got to name the cattle, fowl of the<br />
air, and every beast of the field. He had dominion<br />
over all living creation. Then God blessed him with a<br />
helpmate name Eve. Both Adam and Eve knew God on<br />
an intimate and personal level. They talked directly<br />
to Him and walked with Him in the garden.<br />
Abram also benefitted from having a<br />
relationship with God. Abram was a man rich in<br />
cattle, silver, and gold. But most important, he was<br />
a man who had an unfaltering relationship with God.<br />
For example, rather than cause strife between<br />
himself, his nephew Lot, and their herdsmen, Abram<br />
offered Lot to choose what portion of land he<br />
wanted. He said, “Is not the whole land before thee?<br />
separate thyself, I pray thee, from me: if thou wilt take<br />
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