Our family is very competitive. We all like to win, and be better than someone else in the family. Because of that, everything is a competition. From board games, to who can clean their room the fastest, to who is the best wake or snow boarder, even to musical ability. It can be fun and healthy, but it can be a relationship killer. If everything is always a competition, we can thwart what God wants to be a blessing in our lives. We have to look at our relationships as if we were on a team. Each team mate cheers for the others. We want each to do well, but we do best when we work together. As Christians, we are on a team. We should be cheering for our team mates who are doing a work for God in their vineyard. We aren’t in competition, we are here to complete a task that God put us on the earth for. Relationships work the same way. Let’s be fellow travelers. Let our competition be against ourselves. Can we do better? Can we love more? Can we make a difference? Can our lives count for the cause of Christ. When we do that individually, collectively as the body of Christ, we will accomplish more! And in the midst of enlarging the kingdom of God, we will build healthy, thriving relationships.