Autumn of Reconciliation

And you, who once were alienated and enemies in your mind by wicked works, yet now He has reconciled in the body of His flesh through death, to present you holy, and blameless, and above reproach in His sight. Colossians 1:21-22

A loved one may have passed on before you or I had a chance to reconcile with him. We hold faithfully to a hope in Christ that we will have our chance in Heaven. However, do we have a time, perhaps a brief time, to reconcile with someone here on the earth? Yes, as long as we are alive here and the earth keeps on turning, we have time. We have one superpower that Christ our Lord grants to all who believe in Him, forgiveness. But reconciliation requires both sides of the conflict to do their part. The transgressor must sorrow over the sin and express that sorrow to the victim. That may not always happen, and then reconciliation may have to wait. Our forgiveness can start a reconciliation, but cannot force it to completion. So then we pray.

Please start a prayer with me for a season of reconciliation in our land,

Bucky