Reusing

We all know the importance of reusing and recycling the products we consume, but how often do we apply the same concept to our relationships? Sometimes we take only what we need from a friend or a spouse before setting that relationship aside until later. And when we need to reuse that relationship, we take what we need without giving anything in return.

How often do we do that with God? Do we try to pull the most we need down from heaven as though God is some great cosmic genie in the sky?

"'Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind'; and, 'Love your neighbor as yourself.'" -Luke 10:27