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VPC 2.0 Daily Devotional-6

by David Joynt on October 09, 2020


PSALM 89:2 | 2 I declare that your steadfast love is established forever; your faithfulness is as firm as the heavens.

 Unconditional commitments make life possible. They allow us to plan because we can count on each other. They free us from the fear of being abandoned or rejected. They relieve our anxiety in the face of an unknown future. Unless partners are committed to one another unconditionally, intimacy and financial interdependence are a terrible risk. Knowledge of that risk can stunt growth as a couple and make genuine sharing impossible. Unconditional love for children and grandchildren alone can give the emotional security that is required for growth and maturity. Unconditional love and commitments make life possible.

 What conditional commitments are you involved in?

 What unconditional ones?

 What is the difference?

 

Tags: life, sharing

About the Author
David Joynt

Dave Joynt began his service as a pastor at Valley Presbyterian Church in Paradise Valley, Arizona in September 2014. This meant a move away from the Northeast, where he has a long history, growing up in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and then serving congregations in Delaware and New Jersey for a total of 23 years.

Dave was nurtured in a great church in Bethlehem where his parents, Anne and Carey, served as elders. He graduated in classics from Lehigh University where his Father taught, and then from Oxford, where he met his wife Julia. Ordained in 1988, he completed a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1993.

He and Julia have a son, Tristan, and a daughter, Madeleine.

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