Luke 17-18~ Day 31~ Conflict resolution summed up in a sentence!
I didn’t get far in the reading today before I was putting a lot of thought into, “If your brother or sister sins against you, rebuke them, and if they repent, forgive them.”(17:3) That sentence must make “conflict avoiders” feel so uncomfortable! Maybe so much so, they move on to verse 4 without giving verse 3 much thought! Yet, that one verse is “conflict resolution” summed up in a sentence! When my kids were little I made them say an extended apology that has now, in their older years been dubbed ,“I-for-Do”. They had to be prompted quite a bit in their apologies, so these were the words they heard coming form my mouth as I prompted them. They knew how to fill in the blanks, but their angry little hearts needed some coaxing at times. It would go like this: Me: You need to apologize to your sibling. What do you say? Them: Sorry… (barely audible) Me: No….say, “I……. Them: “I’m sorry” Me: “…forrr….. Them: …for hitting you. Me: ..Dooo…. T