1 John 3:11â24 If I were to ask you a question, I already know what many of you would say. Are relationships important to us? The answer I know would be a resounding âyesâ however, how do we prove the importance of relationships? The answers to this question will be as vast and numerous as the sand on a beach. But I really want you to ponder this question; how do we prove to others the importance of the relationships that we have with those who we choose to have relationships with? I ask this because in many cases, people say that the relationships that they have with one another are extremely important, and yet there is insignificant evidence that these relationships matter until the person is either dying, has died or their relationship is being severed in some form. An example being this; you work with somebody for number of years and one or the other moves on to a different job. You both agreed to stay in contact with one another and that your relationship will continue outside of the work. At first, your calling or texting or making time for one another and within two to three weeksâ time, those contacts begin to lessen and you find yourself drifting apart further and further to the point where now you hardly talk with each other, you make promises to meet and there is never enough time to meet.