Wondering about my Wanderings

Reconciled

The word reconciled stands out for me today. I realize that somehow I need to put into a right relationship, in order that I might minister to others who are not able to get along. I am discover that over time that it is not primarily found in the wonderful times of hope. I am challenged to enter times of trouble because only in doing so will I learn about patience, character and hope that may signal that reconciliation can ever happen in the first place.

As I go forward I am faced with the mystery of God's love revealed in circumstances when I least expect it. Just yesterday I was reminded of that. I worked with a man who I had been in conflict with. In the beginning people commented on how much we hated each other. The truth was that we were afraid to talk with each other. Over the space of five months we have been together we have become good friends. He left to start a new job today. I look forward to seeing how the issue of learning what it means to be reconciled helps me grow closer to God and others.