Here’s a relationship challenge for you this Christmas: Be intentional with your time.
While you should certainly take time to rest, I challenge you to make time for the other people in your life—and especially those family and friends whom you see just a few times a year.
We rush to get ready for being together at the holidays, but sometimes we rush past what’s right in front of us: golden opportunities to deepen relationships.
Many of us just want to “turn off” for a week so we can prepare for another year, but we can additionally be thinking about what we could accomplish, relationally speaking, during our time off.
Practically, that could look like any of these opportunities:
-Have that conversation with your mom or dad that you’ve been putting off for years.
-Choose to have at least ten minutes of one-on-one, uninterrupted, focused conversation with every member of your family.
-Turn off the TV and lead the family in a board game or some other enjoyable activity.
-Ask your grandparents or older relatives to tell the family about how they celebrated the holidays when they were younger.
-Talk to your siblings about how you can establish better communication with them throughout the year.
Don’t let another Christmas pass by where TV-watching and toleration are the norms.
Give the gift of your presence.
Be intentional with your time.
You may be surprised at how even the simplest and most direct acts of reaching out to your family can have reverberations for years to come.
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