Week 9: Chapter 8 — It's Not That Complicated

1.Lysa argues that many of our relational struggles, while they feel enormously complicated, can often be traced back to one failure: not loving well. Do you agree or disagree with that simplification? What is helpful about it, and what does it miss?

2.She is honest that rejection makes loving others harder — because when we are wounded, we become self-protective, and self-protection is the enemy of love. Where do you see self-protection operating in your closest relationships right now?

3.The command to love God, love others, and love yourself as a unified whole is often treated as three separate instructions. How does your relationship with each of the three — God, others, self — affect the other two? Which of the three is the weakest link for you?