“Life is relationships; the rest is just details.”

Reading that quote by Gary Smalley, the American writer and family counsellor, made me think again about relationships.

The truth is that as we are born we do not have peace with our Creator. (That means no relationship with God.) On top of that we do not have peace within ourselves. And finally we do not have peace with other people.

But there is the grace of God.

What does the grace of God give us? The grace of God gives us first of all peace with God. (That means a relationship with our Creator.) Secondly the grace of God gives us peace within. Thirdly the grace of God gives us peace with others.

Life surely is relationships. But we must accept the grace of God and begin with a relationship with God; then we don’t only have peace with God, but also peace within and peace with others.