Tonight over dinner my wife and I had a talk about God’s desire for reconciliation. I recently had a text message conversation with an acquaintance of mine that turned into a horrible miscommunication and offense was taken by the other party. Sure I could just chalk this up to the perils of the technological age we live in and blame it on the cell phone company, but for some reason I have not been able to let this one go. Relationships are important to me even though I often talk about buying a house in the woods somewhere where my wife, dog and I could just disappear. We talked about how we will forever justify in our own minds why talking to the person face to face surely isn’t the answer. Confrontation is so difficult for both us. If we are so haunted by the lingering issues that remain unresolved why can’t I just bring myself to sit the person down and talk through it?

I had to ask myself the question, “why have I not created an environment amongst those important to me where it is natural to deal with offenses the moment they arise?” It should be obvious how much I care about the person when it affects me so much.
I know what I must do and I will do it…maybe reluctantly, maybe begrudgingly, but I will. Relationships are hard but the reality is that we are not alone on this earth and I am slowly realizing that the earth doesn’t revolve around me.

Chris