Flourishing Relationships
We might think of flourishing relationships as the big family picture – all happily getting on together,
an abundance of uncles and cousins, holidays together etc, etc.
Being related by birth doesn’t guarantee our happiness or our growing into a loving,
generous disciple in the Body of Christ. The sharing of a Christmas letter over years,
a twice-yearly phone call, a chat after church, a disagreement mutually resolved,
intergenerational friendship based on a mutual interest
– all our genuine encounters can lead us to flourish, producing the fruits of God’s love.
But I am like a green olive tree in the house of God.
I trust in the steadfast love of God forever and ever.
Psalm 52:8
We are asked to pray this week for Mothers’ Union in Burundi.
People in Burundi consider marriage one of the main events of their culture.
The dowry is paid in livestock and after a two-day ceremony
the bride leaves her family to live with her husband’s family.
Polygamy was practised although it forbidden by civil law.
Please pray for the safety and status of women in this mainly Christian society.