Relationships

I just don't understand why relationships have to be so hard. I am not going to go around and point out other's sin, so I will make this all about me. I know that Jesus is not glorified in all of my relationships with friends and family. This makes me sad, it needs to change. Here is the problem. I don't know how to do it without hurting feelings. Right now there are so many people in my life who want to tell me how to act, what to say, when to do things, ect. I guess the next issue is that I have allowed these people to influence me so much in the past 4-5 years that they think it is OK. Well, God has shown me that #1 this is wrong and #2 it isn't healthy or God glorifying. For my relationship to grow with God I need to be able to do it on my own and without to much influence from others. My knowledge about God needs to be first hand.

I am to worried about what people are going to think about me. I need to remember to say focused on the Creator not the created!