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Electricity is not my thing. I’m fine building things. I’m fine working on a vehicle. But when simply touching the wrong wire sends a jolt through my body...well, no thanks. Someone else can take care of that.
A few years back I was having some electrical issues with my Expedition. Every now and then I’d go to start the vehicle and nothing happened. It was completely dead. We tested the battery. We tested the alternator. Everything appeared to be fine. We even replaced the battery just in case, but despite our best efforts to make a repair, I would still randomly discover the car was dead. There was a slow drain somewhere, I just didn’t know the source.
It took awhile but I finally noticed a pattern. The vehicle died most often after a heavy rain. It appeared to be a problem with the back hatch/wiper motor. My solution - I disconnected it. What can I say, electricity is not my thing.
Now I know there is a better way to handle it. Rather than allowing my electrical problems to continue to plague me, I could take the time to replace the wiper motor, seal the weatherstripping, and test everything again. But I’ll confess, I took the easy way out. I’m not proud of it, but I wasn’t going to let the slow drain leave me stranded somewhere.
Communication is like the wiring for the energy in our relationships. Like a few nicks in the protective coating or a bad seal, poor communication can cause a short circuit and leave us stranded. Over time it will drain us, zapping the life out of our relationships. But when we communicate well, it opens up the lines and energizes the relationship.
Have you felt the energy drain out of your relationship? Do you spend more time arguing about what was said or not said versus acknowledging the miscommunication and sharing what needs to be shared now? We all have been there before. We have said things we didn’t mean, or something we’ve regretted. We’ve blown fuses over the simplest of things, but that doesn’t mean our connection is dead. Even when lines have been severed, we can still make a repair, splicing the lines together with grace.
We don’t need to take the easy way out. The Lord wants to open the lines of communication again. There is nothing so severe that His grace cannot repair. The Lord hears our prayers and is the one who can bring life and energy back to our life and our relationships.
In Christ’s Service,
Pastor Gordon
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