I drove to Grant Pass on Saturday to have dinner with my sister, Laurie, who had drive up from California. It was a three and 1/2 hour drive one-way. Today I drove to Portland to have dinner with my sister, Sheila. Both visits were fun, warm and loving.  Next time I will check to make sure it is not the week end we change to daylight savings time. It puzzling to me why I have such a easy relationship with two of my sister and such a tense, egg shell walking relationship with my other sister.  I love them all. I have been thinking about relationships for the last week or so.  I want to take some time over lent to explore these thoughts about relationships and how they work and don't work.
I started thinking about this when a good friend out of the blue asked if we were "good".  I was floored.  What had she heard, not heard, felt,  not felt to believe that we might not be good?   I have never been good at reading people, sometimes I am just dense.  I do care deeply about people I know, but do not have great skills in expressing it.
But relationships are bilateral at least and one has only minimal control over how they develop.  I will be trying to use scripture to guide my exploration.  If you have particular passages that instruct and inform you on relationship, please share.I