The bridge in our background photo is located several miles into a hike up to a waterfall. It crosses a precipitous collection of smaller, albeit impressive waterfalls, and is located in a bamboo forest.
This bridge takes effort to reach! Obviously, it required great effort to haul the building materials to the site. And it has required ongoing effort to keep the bamboo trimmed back so that it doesn’t grow over the bridge, thereby blocking passage.
When it comes to relational bridge-building, it requires ongoing effort! Daily effort! If our relationships with others are to be healthy and strong, regular intentional maintenance is required.
“Make every effort to live in peace with all men and to be holy;” – Hebrews 12:14
