Relationships matter

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After a morning meeting and an impromptu lunch date with the B99, I hopped in the car and made my way to another appointment with a friend I was meeting at our town’s local coffee shop.  When I was about half a mile or so from the shop, I suddenly did something that no one ever does anymore: I pulled over and offered a ride to a guy walking along the side of the road.  After all, it was about 123° and he looked hot.

He also looked a lot like the guy I was going to meet.

The point?  I probably wouldn’t have stopped for someone I didn’t know, but there was no way I was driving past someone I did.

Relationships matter.

They change how we think and how we act.  They hold us to a level of accountability that is even more consistent than a once a week meeting where we ask 5 questions and wonder if anyone else lied.  They cause us to see the world with a different lens, and force us to make better choices.

Relationships matter.  Pour value into one today.

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Written by Paul Jenkins
Paul Jenkins is lead pastor of The Gathering, a community church located in beautiful downtown Albemarle, North Carolina. He's the author of God is My Air Traffic Controller and My Name's Not Lou. Paul is passionate about his wife, his 3 children, running, reading, coaching, leading people who are following Jesus, Swedish Fish and the Carolina Panthers.