The Step Not Taken

“...leave your offering there before the altar, and go your way; first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and present your offering.” Matthew 5:24

“What goes around, comes around.” None of us would argue against the truth of that adage. Yet who among us is ever ready when something does, in fact, come around?

Certainly not “Ellie,” who had a rocky relationship with her boss. In desperation, she bought a book on dealing with difficult people. Soon after that, she walked into her boss’s office and saw the very same book on his desk. He admitted that he bought it to help himself deal with her!

Ellie’s first, and chagrined, thought was that one of them should have initiated a straightforward conversation and skipped the book. Yet life doesn’t work that way, does it? The person we need to deal with to solve our problem is the last one we want to face. That’s why learning to take the first step is vital to making relationships work.

You cannot worship God and be at odds with a brother or sister. Make it right, then come and worship. You will not be free until you do.
As long as your celebrating your independence, why not be totally free?