Communication

So much of life and relationships is based on communication and I have to confess that I am terrible at it. I don't return calls, I don't have texting, I don't like returning emails and Facebook is not fun. I thought by getting a blackberry my communication would improve but in fact it only made things more complicated.

I've seen the consequences of relying on assumptions rather than conversations and I am the first to become frustrated over a mis-communication. I often engage in conversations when I am upset or angry instead of cooling off and then waiting to approach the person when I am calm.

I have realized that love requires so much communication to the extent where it come be exhausting. But that is the price to pay. It is incredible that God can communicate so much without actually talking to me but thats probably because everything that needs to be said has already been said in the Bible.

If I value my friendships I will take the effort to communicate about my burdens, my joys, my fears, my dreams because it will draw me closer to the ones I love and our relationships will be stronger. It is quite a sacrifice to make but it is for a worthy purpose.

Jesus made that sacrifice by taking the form of a human being to communicate to the world about the cost of sin and the redemption of his death and resurrection.

So I can pick up the phone once in a while and just be honest in love.