REALationships Study

REALationships: A Devotional Journey Day 9: Loving Like Christ - Understanding It’s been said a thousand times, “Men will never understand women!” and to an extent I completely agree. We will never understand what the pain of childbirth is, we will never grasp the stress of emotional control. We will never get the undying need for continuous compliments. And that is ok! But what we must always do is TRY to understand her!

Jesus was greatly understanding. He understood the woman at the well, He understood the woman with the issue of blood, and He understands you and me. As complicated as we may be, He strives to understand. In fact, that’s part of the reason He sacrificed was to understand us. Let’s steward our energy towards understanding our love more and more.

READ: Hebrews 2:17-18 DISUSS TOGETHER: - Is it easy or hard to understand each other? Why? Answer to each other.

- What can you do to help the other understand you better? (ie: be more vocal, be more open, etc.)

- How important is it for you to be understood in what you’re going through? How can the other person SHOW you that they are understanding or are trying to understand?

PRAY TOGETHER JOURNAL: What are your thoughts from today’s devotion? ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________