Cornerstone

Jesus is the only way to God; He is love incarnate. The cornerstone of your relationship with God is Jesus. In turn, He is the cornerstone for every relationship you have. Every relationship should and must be based off love. This is a fact for new AND old relationships!

Every new relationship HAS to be built off of Jesus. A cornerstone of love is what gives the possibility of constructing a house of love. You have to start with the right building materials: LOVE. Jesus gave out His love from the overflow of his heart regardless of age, race, gender, or religious background. He built his relationships not off what others could do for Him, but off what He could do for others! They were always giving relationships in which he took part. The recipient often didn't have any means or anything to offer in return for the gifts Jesus gave. Jesus only wanted love and affection returned to him. An insubstantial item taken for granted by the world. We must give in our relationships and NOT EXPECT a return. It is given with no strings attached. We must break the mindset we possess that it is a competition. Give freely with no expectations!

All old relationships (not founded with His building perspective) has to be torn down and started afresh. An example of this type relationship was recently written about by myself. It was in the Celine Dion devotion. One of my family member's relationship with myself was built off bitterness and hatred on my end. A recipe for making a disaster! Our relationship has never been good, and it will never be good unless I seek to change the foundation. Forgiveness is in order, and the old foundation must be ripped out and given to God. He will throw it into the Sea of Forgetfulness. The old house is demolished; time has come to construct a new one off the love of Jesus. He will give us the tools and the ONE AND ONLY FOUNDATION to build a new and God honoring relationship upon!

You have to glorify God in every way. Do not be legalistic about it, but keep Him in the forefront of your mind. New relationships are easier to start with Christ as the foundation; it’s the old ones that are the challenge. You have to have the audacity, forgiveness, and love of God to go back to the old stomping grounds and tear down those old selfish relationships. Knock them down with the wrecking ball of Jesus' love, and construct a new dwelling in the relationship. A home attracting God to come down and grace it with His glorious presence. A House of Love--full of the love of God to man and man to woman. Leave the self out in the cold!

kenny