Life is all about relationships.

There are some key statements about relationships that come out of the Genesis account of creation. They reveal a lot about our source of relationships, our purpose for relationships, and what authentic relationships look like.

Here are a few:

•“Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, in our likeness”.

•“The LORD God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him.”

•”So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.”

•God blessed them and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it.”

•And the Lord said, “let them rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air,  over the livestock, over all the earth, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”

•“God saw all that he had made, and it was very good”.

Over the next term we are going to be looking at how our relationships only begin to make sense and take on their intended purpose when we first understand who we are through our maker’s eyes.

We will look at what it means to be male and female. We will open up the door into marriage and family life. And we will look at what part work plays in our life.

I pray this investment of time in the area of relationships will have eternal significance for us all.

Phil.