“Maturity is not a solitary state; it is relational. Maturity does not come about by making the most of ourselves by ourselves; it is making the most of personal relationships. We don’t do that by becoming stronger than the other, overpowering him or her, dominating either emotionally or physically. We don’t impose ourselves. We enter into another person’s life sharing both weakness and strength. We enter the life of another, but we don’t force the entrance. Mutuality is always involved in ‘be subject.’” –Eugene Peterson in Practice Resurrection
Eugene Peterson writes these words about our current passage — Ephesians 5:21-6:9. And they are important words for all of us that are worth sitting with this week. On Sunday, we’ll continue our discussion, looking at the second half of this passage.
