Monday, January 30, 2012

reconciliation

 photo take by blake spencer
forgiving 
and being 
forgiven is 
a journey 
a process like 
everything else in life.

though there are expectations
for reconciliation 
to be a neat 
and tidy finality
this is not always 
what happens.

we long to be forgiven
and at the same time we
struggle to forgive.

we live on both sides of this 
story 
most of the time.

misunderstandings,
feelings,
mistakes,
misinformation,
assumptions,
lies, 
ego and arrogancy,
power struggles,
rejection,
abuse, 
and hatred...

all these things are why 
we need forgiving and to forgive.

this is a conversation 
that is always relevant, 
always current.  

we wait, 
others wait.
i wait, 
you wait.
they wait.

and sometimes 
it doesn't seem possible
this act of reconciling.

talk to the woman at the well from samaria.
talk to the son called prodigal.

they can tell you about 
the journey,
the costs,
the pain.

they can tell you about 
the unexpected grace
that leads to healing.

when you can't forgive...
when i can't forgive...
when they don't forgive....
when we don't forgive...
this is when we turn 
to what we say we believe.

GOD 
loves when we fail to.

GOD 
forgives when 
we cannot fathom such.

GOD 
does
what we can't
and won't do. 

reconciliation is a journey,
a process.

so one step at a time
we move
into the direction of forgiveness.

some days it seems 
we don't get anywhere
but 
GRACE 
waits for us...
nudges us...
and eventually
embraces us.


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