I encourage you to seek peace; to consider who you need to reconcile with – despite who is at fault. Thinking back on times I’ve done this, a weight was lifted off my shoulders. In reconciling and choosing to forgive, I felt so much better!
In seeing the person (the relationship) as more important than the issue, peace flows, even if you never see eye-to-eye on the issue.
You may need to forgive yourself! Do it. You may need to forgive someone who really hurt you. Do it.
This is seen with Jesus Christ. God the Father – even though we hurt Him and broke off fellowship – chose to forgive us and make a way for us to be at peace with Him again. He did this through Jesus. God the Father was in Jesus reconciling us to Himself. The word reconcile means, to call back into union and friendship the affections which have been alienated; to restore to friendship or favor after estrangement; as, to reconcile men or parties that have been at variance (Webster’s Dictionary 1828). The Father God, through Jesus, brought us back into friendship with Him, even while we were still His enemies. Now, while reconciliation with the Father has been made available to us, we have a part to play as well; otherwise, what Jesus did has no effect in our lives. It’s our decision to accept the price that Jesus paid. The moment we accept Him as our Lord and Savior is when our fellowship with God is sealed. It’s a beautiful picture of love.
And all of this is a gift from God, who brought us back to himself through Christ . . . For God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, no longer counting people’s sins against them . . . For God made Christ, who never sinned, to be the offering for our sin, so that we could be made right with God through Christ. (2 Corinthians 5:18-19, 21)
“Come back to God!” He’s already made the way; He’s already extended His hand.
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