\u201cHumble yourselves, therefore, under God\u2019s mighty hand that he may lift you up in due time.\u201d 1 Peter 5:6 (NIV)<\/p>\n
Ever feel like relationships are hard to navigate sometimes? Maybe today you find yourself trying to figure out a situation that\u2019s complicated, messy and unpredictable?<\/p>\n
I want to find the right words to help get on the other side of the conflict but that isn\u2019t always possible. While talking is good, sometimes the conversations start running in a circle, and there aren\u2019t any productive words left to say. When this happens, it can make a girl feel like giving up. But before I give up, I\u2019ve learned spending time getting quiet before the Lord can really be the best remedy for tangled situations.<\/p>\n
Taking a step back from all the emotion, frustration and exhaustion to sit quietly with Jesus will do more to untangle a mess than anything else I\u2019ve ever found.<\/p>\n
If you find yourself in a tough relationship situation today, here are five beautiful things I\u2019ve found when I pause trying to fix it all and instead get quiet:<\/p>\n
1. We can feel safe enough to humble ourselves.<\/strong><\/p>\n In the heat of a mess, the last thing I want to do is get humble. I want to overexplain and prove my point. But I\u2019m learning I have to step out of the battle and humbly ask God to speak truth to my heart for things to start to make sense. Never have I had a relationship issue where I didn\u2019t contribute at least something to the problem. Usually, I can only see this something in the quiet.<\/p>\n 1 Peter 5:6a, \u201cHumble yourselves, therefore, under God\u2019s mighty hand \u2026\u201d (NIV).<\/p>\n 2. God will lift us up to a more rational place.<\/strong><\/p>\n When we are in the heat of a tangled relationship, crazy emotions can drag us down into a pit of hopelessness. The only way out of the pit is to make the choice to stop digging deeper and turn to God for a solution.<\/p>\n\n\t\t