If someone makes a difference in your life, the likelihood is you have some level of relationship with that person. All of us have at least a few friends. Some of us have a lot of friends. For the most part, we want to experience life with others. People struggle with peer pressure because hardly anyone of us wants to be shunned or ignored by others. We want to fit in, be part of a family, whether biological or social.
Paul offered some great guidance on how to develop and maintain healthy relationships with others when he penned Colossians 3:12-17. He is talking to Christians and these truths are right for any kind of relationship we have or will someday have. He uses the idea of putting on clothing (“cloth yourself”) with the qualities that are shared in this passage. This gives the idea that the qualities needed to have great relationships do not come naturally.
We are instructed to put on compassion in our relationships. Compassion is the conce ...