Reconciliation

Reconciliation. It is a tough but powerful word. We heard an amazing lesson from Pastor Mark about this a couple of weeks ago. Just awesome. When the website finishes its latest transition I HIGHLY recommend checking out the audio from the Run Free series. Amazing stuff.

Of course reconciliation is not always easy. Sometimes you want to reconcile with someone who does not reflect that same desire. That is tough, even painful. Sometimes you feel that you were the one who was wronged, yet you are also the one seeking reconciliation. You extend unrequested forgiveness, you extend the hand of fellowship and love and get nothing back. That hurts.

I can not help but think that God experiences that same thing with millions of people every day. He has done everything necessary, everything essential to reconcile all of us back to himself. He was not the one in the wrong in the first place, yet he has taken all of the steps to bring us back. He calls but we don’t answer. He steps closer and we step further away. He gave his son and we turn our heads.

This is not a guilt post. Just something that I have been thinking about lately. B and I are fine, we’ve never been closer or more in love. We’ve been learning and growing from the new relationships that we are developing and from an old one that we desperately want to reconcile.