Posts tagged relationships
Inventory: Don't Forget What You Still Have...

Reverend CoJo chronicles a time where it seemed like everything that matter was lost, but forgotten how important everything else was. CoJo got so upset with God that , and didn't look around to see all the beauty that was left. Don't get so hung up on what was gone that you neglect what it left. The things that are left are the things that can help get you to the next level, but if you neglect them, you'll never break into what God has for you on the next level.

Your destiny is not tied to the one that left
— T. D. Jakes

Just keep living, and keep smelling the roses all around you. Hang Loose, everything will be just fine.

Want to Fix it? Let's Talk it Out...
If you can talk about it, you can fix it.
— N. A. "CoJo" Jones

Healthy relationship typically have one common ingredient, good communications. Inspite of this one fact we seem to run for the hills when comes to having hard, uncomfortable conversations. The conversations that are the hardest tend to yield the most fruit, that's why they are so difficult. As always say, if you can talk about it, you can fix it. Fixing it isn't always reconciliation. Sometimes fixing it is walking away. Sometimes fixing it is new beginning, and sometimes fixing it places you in a better place than ever before. Talking about it is a conversation act. You have to seek to understand, and second to be understood. It has to be a two way street to gain insight on what really transpured. Talking about requires vulnerablity, you have to be willing to show who you are with your whole heart. Your whole heart sometimes seems like steep price, but almost always being seen, is worth it. You'll never know though if you don't sit down and try.

Relationships: You want a "Boaz"...but are you a Ruth?

I think everyone has the potential to be apart of something iconic. Everyone can be something groundbreaking. I don't hover believe that everyone can beeverything to just anyone. I do believe that we are more to be with one more than others, but we still have to put in work once meet that person. 

While people tend to praise Ruth & Boaz's relationship, I don't think they realize that it didn't matter how much Boaz loved her, or how much he extended to her, if she would not have made a move as well. He provided her a covering and resources, but it was still her move. There comes a point where you can provide all of the best love and security, but in order for it to work it must be returned.

It didn’t matter how much Boaz loved Ruth, it was still her move...
— N. A. "CoJo" Jones