To keep our bodies strong and healthy we must have exercise. However, the wrong exercises done in the wrong manner can be harmful rather than helpful. Following my wife's accident eight years ago she was doing exercises prescribed by a physical therapist. What the therapist didn't know was that she had an injury to one of the vertebrae in her back. The exercises she was doing were actually not helpful and may have aggravated the injury.
The same principle is true when it comes to relational activities. An unknown writer said, "The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck!" Obviously those will not promote strong and healthy relationships.
In the book of Ephesians some excellent relational exercises are suggested in the form of "one anothers." We are advised to forbear one another, be truthful with one another, be kind to one another, forgive one another, celebrate with one another and submit to one another. Each of these goals is a large task in itself. But we have all of our lifetime to put them into practice. Let's begin getting some exercise now. It will make us and those around us strong and healthy.
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