Without expectations
As something of a follow up to that “I need …” link and associated ramble of yesterday, in the serendipity Chris over at Standing and Waiting, posted this quote yesterday:
At the heart of the gospel is the proclamation that ‘Jesus is Lord’. Because he is Lord, the Christian allows Jesus to be the very focus of life. We will learn to value and serve people as he does, but at the same time will be kept from expecting these people to meet all of our needs. What needs they do meet in our lives we will value and thank God for, and in so doing will be reminded that they are gifts to us from our Lord. When others, even those closest and dearest to us, are viewed like this, we are free to minister to them without expecting them to meet our needs.
Peter Brain, Going The Distance, p 72.