Reconciliation

"He is not willing that any should perish but that all come to repentance" (1 Pet 3:10).  

God has one great desire: Reconciliation.  It ought to be our greatest aim as well. However, we too often settle for conciliation. 

Reconciliation is to restore relationship while conciliation is simply to end the conflict. Divorce is conciliation as it ends the struggle (of course it tends to initiate many others).  Not talking to one another can make it seem peaceful, but there is no intimacy created. 

Reconciliation is more difficult to accomplish and may be more painful in the process but the results are restorative, healing and God-honoring. 

Don't sell yourself, your friends and your loved ones short - make reconciliation your goal.  Jus' Say'n.