Peace Be Unto You

Peace – a state of mutual harmony between people of groups, especially in personal relations.

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Scripture Reference – 2 Samuel 4

We all have varying degrees of relationships; friends, family, spouse/boyfriend/girlfriend, coworkers and in most cases we display difference parts of ourselves in those relationships.  For the most part, I am the same person in each of my relationships but because each of those relationships represents a different aspect of my life, how I function in them is different.

With my family I am a bit more reserved, especially with my grandchildren, nieces and nephews.  I know that I am to set an example for them and I take pride in that.  With my coworkers, I am of course, always professional.  With my friends, I am more open, silly and adventurous.  My love, well he gets the complete softer side of me.   He definitely gets my goofy, awkward, more relaxed side.

All of the relationships I choose to be in are important to me.  How I approach and behave in those relationships is completely up to me.  When I was younger, I didn’t quite understand that and I would usually behave in a way I thought other wanted me to.  That got to be very confusing.  I lost a sense of who I was and It took me some time and a lot of effort to correct it.

When I think back on a scripture I read recently in 2 Samuel, I was reminded of how relationships can impact your life and why it i important  to be aware and set boundaries.  In this particular chapter as with a previous one, a group of men who thought they knew what was best for David committed a heinous crime believing that David was not handling business the way they thought

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he should.  When David was told what had been done, his way of dealing with it was to put the men to death.

Now, of course we can not very well order a hit on someone who decided they were going to falsely act on our behave to cause harm to someone.  However, what we can do is remove relationships that are harmful to us and those that are not beneficial to us.  What I learned from this particular passage is that I need to be aware of those I choose to be in relationship with.  I also need to continue to set boundaries and always work to be my most authentic self.

The ultimate goal is to achieve a level of peace within all of my relationships so that I can continue grow into the person God created me to be and in turn create an atmosphere of growth for all those I am in relationship with.

The choice is your…:)

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