Prov. 18:19
It is harder to make amends with an offended friend than to capture a
fortified city.
Maybe you can identify with this truth. I know I can.
It’s hard to get over the hurdle of hurt feelings. It’s hard to restore a friendship when you
feel a trust has been broken or your integrity has been questioned. It is hard to move forward in a relationship
that has been harmed by a divisive spirit.
It is important that we do all that we can do to
avoid those things that would divide us.
It is imperative that we seek to find a peaceful and acceptable
resolution for our differences. We can’t
let nature take its course and hope for the best. We must first pray and ask the Lord for His
help.
We need to search out our own hearts and ask the
Lord to help us understand and accept our role in the disagreement. We need to ask the Lord to mellow our hearts
and look upon others throught the lens of Christ’s love. We need to seek reconcilation to the best of
our ability. And then if reconciliation
doesn’t happen, we need to ask the Lord to help us move forward with grace and
love. We need the Lord’s help to guard
our tongue so we don’t speak in a degrading way about another. We need to ask the Lord to help us to not let
emotional poison creep into our hearts.
And, we need to ask the Lord to hold us accountable for our role in that
which has created a rift between us.
Where we have sinned we must humble ourselves and ask the Lord to
forgive us and then seek forgiveness from our friend whom we have offended.
Life is too short to let sin ruin a good
friendship. Is there a friendship that
needs restored in your life? Do you need
to talk to the Lord about it? Is there
anything you have to ask Him for forgiveness for? Is there anything you need to reach out to
your lost friend and apologize for? You
may not be able to restore the friendship, but as far as it is possible for you
to do, you must do your part and try if you want to live in peace with God and
yourself.
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