1 Samuel 10:6 The Spirit of the LORD will come upon you in power and you will prophesy with them; and you will be changed into a different person.

I'm out of town on business.  When I walked into my hotel room yesterday, Joyce Meyers was on TV.  She was speaking on how you can't change anyone.  What she says we are to do is to pray for them and God will change them.  This was the perfect message for me.  I had been thinking about what I could do to improve my relationship with one of my colleagues.  it is clear that this colleague doesn't wish me well and has no interest in forming a good relationship with me.  It seems to me that I spend considerable time praying, thinking and talking about my own transformation and that to be truly transformed; I need to alter this relationship. 

If things continue on the status quo, I will have more stress in my life than I need.  This person is also a squeaky wheel that gets attention from so many others.  This kind of stress is not helpful and will keep me from my path.  Hearing the words that I already knew freed me from the burden of making the relationship better.  I can do what I should do in my interactions with this person and I can pray for my colleague and for me.  My prayer is for the best for my co-worker in all times and all seasons as I pray for my continued good.  I don't really need to focus on having a better relationship.  God can remove me or my co-worker from this situation and we may not have a relationship at all.  I do need to pray that I continue to walk in the path that God wants me to go and that my faith grows stronger each day.  I pray for the good and best for my colleague and no that God can change any situation around and use all opportunities for good.

The good from this is that God remains my focus and my stress relief on my path of change.