Let’s follow up on Family Council
one more time. Last week we used this
method to gain information and ideas from those we live with and/or work with
as a team to accomplish our tasks. We
have talked about being committed to each other’s success before. If we do not know what others on the
team/family/church members are thinking or feeling, how can we be a support and
encouragement to one another?
Whether we
believe it or not, how we feel about each other influences whether we accept or
reject each other. It usually results in
how we treat each other. One of my
clichés through the years was, “If I feel the effects of your feelings towards
me, I have a right to know what that feeling is.”
We need a safe place to help each
other out. We need a safe place to share
feelings and accept each other as we are.
We need a safe place to accept helpful ideas that will encourage us to
grow as a person.
This is also a time where we can talk about
the positive and negative feelings we have for each other. It is a safe time to express forgiveness and
accept forgiveness.
Each of us also
needs to hear the good things others appreciate about us. In this kind of setting we learn to tell each
other what we love about each other. We
are all in need of being affirmed. It is
amazing how many of us have a hard time hearing good things about
ourselves. Try it in the family first or
as a couple or with a friend.
End this
time with prayer thanking God for sending Jesus to show us how to love one
another. One of Richard’s and my favorite phrases at the end of our time
together was - “Let’s start over again today” and walk away trusting each other’s love and acceptance.
We started over many times through the years!
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