Review from March 20

Last Sunday, we continued our discussion on relationships.  Our topic of the day was "Why can't we just be friends?"  While some of the focus of our discussion was on boy/girl relationships, but the principals that we discussed and learned about can be applied to all of our relationships.  The passages that we read were:

1 Corinthians 13.4-8a - This is a checklist of what real love looks like.  God can be defined by all of these characteristics, how do we measure up?  We can always use this list to remind us of what loving others requires of us.

Ruth 2 - a long chapter to check out, but a great love story.  Boaz demonstrates true love for Ruth. (according to the 1 Corinthians check list)

Genesis 39.6-40 - This is the account of Joseph and Potiphar's wife.  There is a great lesson to learn here.  In the face of temptation - any temptation - it is important to have a plan of action to remove yourself from that temptation.  Maybe it is planning ahead to avoid tempting situations, maybe it is a friend to challenge us to make right choices and to check up on us to make sure we are following through.  And sometimes, that plan of action needs to be - like in the case of Joseph, the best choice is just to run, get out, get away, drop everything and run!

Potiphar's wife was not demonstrating true love for her husband (or Joseph for that matter).

We have 2 more weeks talking about relationships.  Come ready to continue our discussion next Sunday.