How did I mature relationally? This has been a long and often scary and painful journey for me. It has not been quick and easy. I am sharing with you some key individual steps that freed me to be able to mature from an infant and child to a parent and elder. These keys are not necessarily in order. The exciting thing about maturing is that I am never too old to mature relationally. Now, I better relate to everyone! Life makes so much more sense. This meditation is number 5 in a series.
Key number 5: I adopted living from a love base in every thing I do.. If I am going to follow Jesus and have the same heart that He has, then my best option is to do life from His love base. Love is the only emotion that turns into a Person when fully mature. From my love base I am able to let you know that you are greatly loved, I share your pain, and I am still delighted to be with you!
In order to have mature love, I had to mature and become a relationally mature parent. I had to lay aside being a child whose focus was just on me and my needs. As I mature I become a parent with my focus on you and all your needs. I also continually call my entire family up to maturity. I do this by being and living the new mature me in front of all of you, in all I do.