This Devotional Is Related To Dependency And Co-dependency Issues. Rules Of Godly Common Sense Apply.

About believing other people are making you crazy..

1 Corinthians 13:4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. (NIV)

Sometimes other people seem to make you craze. Let's tell the truth here. Sometimes people drive us crazy. No, not crazy, crazy, but certainly people can drive us nuts with what they do and how they do it. However, if we are empowered by Christ, we are not negatively influenced by others in any respect. We can live a Christ-centered life and not be driven crazy by people (most of the time) because we are strong enough to be patient with others, even in the most trying of circumstances. We must all come to realize we cannot get through this life on our own power. When the behavior of others tries to make us be someone we do not want to be and someone Christ does not want us to be, then we must put up Christ's shield of love. Under Christ's power, we are patient and we are beings of love. Under Christ's power, we are in control, no matter what happens in the world around us. Under Christ's power, we can motor on in our life under our own power and live a happy, fulfilling, and productive life because Christ is our ultimate power source.