Chapter 3 - Relational Spirituality - Loving Others Compassionately

Chapter 3 is upon us! Does our vertical relationship translate to our horizontal relationships? If not, what's the point? A few highlights to ponder: 1) "The more we love God, the more we will express his transcendent love in others-centered deeds of kindness and goodness" (pg 43). 2) "The more we are concerned with what God thinks of us, the less we will be worried about what others think of us" (pg 45). 3) "A vertical relationship with the Lord is the key to quality relationships with others" (pg 46). 4) "The heart always provides for what it values, and if we value God first, our capacity to love him and others will expand" (pg 47). 5) "But if we are investigation in the lives of people, our investments will accrue dividends forever, since people were made in the image of God to inhabit eternity" (pg 48). 6) "When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor our of your life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself (pg 50). 7) "...treating each relationship as though it could be our last contact" (pg 52).