Good morning everyone and welcome back to another Mornings with the Masters or to vote

ourselves to the Lord, daily with you. Good morning guys. Good morning and deep we're picking

up with new morning mercies so without further ado, Tories you can take from here. Yes you guys

let's do it. Today's devotional says this. One of the most basic sins in relationships is

inattention. We make greater commitments to our gardens than to the people we say we love.

It really is true that the number one reason that relationships of all kinds go bad is neglect.

Here is the structure of every relationship this side of eternity. It is a flawed person

in relationship to a flawed person in a fallen world but with a faithful God. Since it is a flawed

person in relationship to a flawed person if you are in a relationship you simply cannot let

that relationship coast and expect that it will be okay. It's like planting a garden. You clear

the land, you break up the soil and you plant water and nurture your flowers but at that point

you do not have the liberty of walking away. Your work has not ended. In fact it is just begun because

you have planted your flowers in impure soil and in less than perfect environment. Weeds will

immediately begin to grow and if you don't attend to them they will soon dominate the turf

and choke the vitality out of your beautiful flowers. So it is with relationships.

Once a relationship is planted weeds quickly sprout. Weeds of conflict, control, bitterness,

unforgiveness, anger, selfishness, pride, greed, jealousy and patience, unkindness and self-righteousness

grow and choke the life out of the relationship. Daily attention is needed because every person

in a relationship brings something dangerous and destructive into that relationship.

Something that is anti-social at its core. The Bible names this thing, sin. As long as sin lives

in us it has the power to wreak havoc on our relationships so we cannot neglect the daily nurture

that they need. A good relationship is a good relationship because the people in the relationship

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