Dedicated to Relationship

Dedicated is the word of the week. Miss Kate provides us with a prompt, we take five minutes to write, and see what we come up with.   I’ve just gotten back from a weekend away with my hubby, we had a good time, and then I come home to the word dedicated and it has me pondering.  Thoughts of dedicated to relationship comes to mind. 

Dedicated to Relationship

What does it mean
to care about the relationships
in your life?

How dedicated are we to be
in the preservation of them?
What do we do if we write folks letters,
and comment on their facebook posts,
and do all things (particularly in
long distance friendships) and one
gets no response back?

How persistent should one be
in the maintaining of them?
This is something I am currently
wrestling with.

It’s easy to be dedicated to
relationships with people who are
in close by relationships.

Deliberately taking the
time for a game night, a walk,
a phone call, sharing a beverage
time, a chat in the grocery aisle,
or whatever suits your fancy.

Sometimes we let time run away
and we forget to take the time,
so corrections need to be made.

This weekend hubs and I took the
time to get away. The Royal was on
and horse shows called our name.
We met the creators of our favourite
pork rinds and had a lovely chat!
Saved money too!!!! (how fantastic is that!)

Before we left
I wrote letters to three friends
who live far away.
And chatted with a friend
who lives stateside.
We chat almost weekly.
We hope to visit in the
spring 2027 so I’ll have
to plan at least one day off work!

All this reminds me of the importance
of trying to stay connected.
To visit online if the
distance is too great.

Making a phone call or two.
To email and/or hunt up people
to facetime with.
If we lose loved ones life
gets lonely you know?
And losing people means it’s
harder to share God’s love!

Let’s be dedicated to
the relationships we have.
It’s part of God’s plan
for us yes?

A quick afterword

So I wrote this seeing the value in holding tight to relationships.   I really wish others would hold tight to them too.  I have friends I’d love to talk to, but who never seem to extend themselves to reaching back out.

I don’t care if you don’t want to write a letter, but it’s be nice to get a phone call, an email, and facebook message… something, anything, doesn’t take much to show some type of interest. Makes me feel like you don’t care at all.  And recently I’ve been pondering if I should keep extending relationship to those who just don’t seem to care?  I wonder if my perspective is skewed and I’m missing something here?   It is just plain forgetfulness?   Or truly ah…. lack of you’re not here in my physical circle so you don’t truly present as vital.    I don’t know, it’s just hard sometimes.

And then I wonder if I just hold too tightly…. I don’t know.  

Into the mix of this I ask myself, does Christ give up on relationship with me?  Even when I’m distant and not really seeking him back?  Even when I struggle because it’s hard?  Not really, he’s very persistent.   So… shouldn’t I continue to be persistent?  What’s the right thinking here?