268. How Jesus Can Transform Your Relationships

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268. How Jesus Can Transform Your Relationships

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Hey, Family Brand community it's Melissa! It's just me today. It's been a little while since I've recorded a solo episode, and honestly, the last several months have held a lot of change for our family. Family Brand was acquired, my role has been shifting, Chris has been traveling a lot for work, and our oldest son is getting ready to leave home for a couple of years. There has been a lot of transition, growth, and figuring out what this next season looks like. But today, I wanted to share something a little different. Recently, I was asked to speak to a large group at our church about how Jesus Christ can be our relationship guide, and specifically how our individual relationship with Him can influence our marriages and the other important relationships in our lives. As I prepared for that message, I found myself asking God much more intentionally, What would You have me say? What does this group of people need to hear? And afterward, I kept thinking: Why don't I ask for His input like that more often? One of the biggest things I've learned through our own marriage is how easy it is to look outside ourselves for a standard of what our relationships are "supposed" to look like. We compare our marriages, our spouses, and even ourselves to what we see around us. But Jesus gives us a very different example. He consistently saw people not only as they were in that moment, but as who they could become. Where other people saw mistakes, shortcomings, or limitations, He saw possibility. That idea became incredibly personal for me during some of the hardest years of our marriage. There were times when my prayers became, Lord, help me see myself the way You see me. Other times they were, Help me see Chris the way You see him, because right now I'm not seeing clearly. And there were moments when I couldn't see a future for our marriage at all, and all I could ask was, Help me see the light and the possibility of what we could become. Around year four of our marriage, Chris and I separated and began moving toward divorce. We had two very little boys, and I felt lonely, overwhelmed, defeated, and unsure of what came next. During that season, I had an experience while worshipping alone that reminded me that faith is believing in something we cannot yet see. I wasn't asking God to part a sea or perform some enormous biblical miracle. The miracle I wanted was for one relationship to be healed. At the time, I had no evidence that it would happen. But I remember thinking that if God is truly a God of miracles, then surely I could have enough faith to believe that this relationship could become something different too. And today, nearly twenty-two years into our marriage, I can say that the relationship I once viewed as one of the greatest weaknesses in my life has become one of our greatest strengths. That transformation didn't happen overnight, and it certainly didn't happen without work. But as we continued to prioritize our relationship, ask God to help us see ourselves and each other differently, and put faith in Him and in one another, we began to see something we couldn't see before. So I want to leave you with the same challenge I shared in that message: Choose one important person in your life and, for a period of time, ask God to help you see that person the way He sees them. Maybe it's your spouse. Maybe it's one of your children. Maybe it's a parent, sibling, friend—or maybe the person you need help seeing differently is yourself. Ask for new eyes. Exercise faith that the relationship can become stronger. And seek and expect miracles. I believe Jesus can help us see the people we love differently. He can help us see ourselves differently. And sometimes, being able to see differently is where transformation begins. Hit play to hear the full message. P.S. We're here to help you build your own Family Brand, one episode at a time. So go ahead, hit play, and let's grow together! Or, if you're ready to dive even deeper into our community, follow the links below. LINKS: All Links: Family Brand! stan.store/familybrandfamilybrand.com/quizfamilybrand.com/retreats. Episode Minute By Minute: 00:00 A Personal Message From Melissa01:00 Navigating a Season of Change02:00 Preparing to Speak at Church03:00 Why Don't We Ask God for Help More Often?04:00 Jesus as Our Relationship Guide05:00 Why This Topic Felt So Personal06:00 How Our Relationship With Jesus Changes Our Relationships07:00 The Marriage Story Behind This Message08:00 Stop Comparing Your Relationship to Everyone Else's09:00 Seeing People for Who They Can Become10:00 "Help Me See My Husband the Way You See Him"11:00 The Lowest Point in Our Marriage12:00 Faith for a Miracle You Cannot Yet See13:00 Our Marriage Became One of Our Greatest Strengths14:00 A Challenge for Your Most Important Relationships

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