Say It to My Face!

I totally agree with going to the person that you have the issue with instead of gossiping about it to your friends, but what I’ve been struggling with is when the conflict doesn’t directly involve wrong done to you, but involves a person’s integrity/morality in an organization. The person has been confronted, but still denies the issue.

This is a great post! This is practical and straight to the point. You don’t need an Aramaic, Greek, or Hebrew interpreation of this scripture. Yet so many times we find it easier to walk away from the church (not God) behind our failure to confront or deal with the issue. Love this post! Thanks!

It’s good advice. I don’t follow it nearly enough and maybe this is why. I am not fond of my inlaws…not even one bit. they are like someone who keeps picking a scab. I won’t go into all the things they have done, but its been pretty bad. However, one year I wrote my father in law a letter saying why I was upset with him. He took my family out to eat but didn’t even bring up the letter. There was nothing ever said. I think he just didn’t know what to say. So there it sat..and still sits like a gaping wound that won’t ever heal. Since then, the offenses have piled up even more. Still trying to figure out how to love people like that and forgive someone who doesn’t think he did anything wrong. I read one time from Piper that reconciliation cannot happen when the other party chooses to not engage. All we can do is wish them well, but the relationship is broken. That doesn’t mean our heart isn’t opened to forgiving. We just can’t get to that point until they make the move because we’ve exhausted what we could do on our end. Now its up to them. It’s hard though. I don’t think I’ll ever be good at this thing called forgiveness.

Right. I’ll keep my eyes opened..LOL.