A prayer for struggling relationships by Meg Bouger.

And now these three remain, faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love.

First Corinthians 13, 13.

Relationships remain imperfect because humanity is incapable of selfless love.

Due to the fall and the garden of Eden, we're continually cursed with sin, keeping us

from accomplishing correct communication with each other.

Only one pair of feet have ever tried the earth in perfect obedience to God.

Jesus came out of compassion for us.

It's through Him that we can find victory in life and our relationships.

Not through perfection of our behavior, but through the perfect forgiveness and hope that

His love grants us.

The very definition of struggle is to contend with an adversary or opposing force.

We often pit the people on the other side of our relationships against ourselves.

In addition to the disagreement at hand, we internally mull over all of the ways that

we want them to treat us and expect to be treated, were set to a defensive default,

but created to love.

And now these three remain faith, hope, and love, but the greatest of these is love.

First Corinthians 13, 13.

Jesus taught that this was the most important command.

The NIV notes on this verse say that Jesus is teaching united His followers around love.

Unity is the opposite of struggling opposition.

There's nothing we can do to force our relationships to work, but we can focus on love.

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