Sunday, June 5, 2011

How to heal broken relationship

Matthew 5:24: leave your gift there in front of the altar. First go and be reconciled to your brother; then come and offer your gift.
How far is the journey that you must take to resolve problems with relatives or friends who do not want to talk anymore with you during the last 10 years? Would you like to travel as far as 480 kilometers, from Jakarta to Solo, with a riding lawn mower? Because do not drive and do not like ride the bus, Alvin Straight really do something like that. He travels using a lawn mower from Iowa to Wisconsin, which is roughly equidistant to both cities that I mentioned above. The story is presented in a film that aroused my curiosity, that The Straight Story. This is life real life drama about a 73-year-old man who decided to end the silence, stop the hatred and anger that has destroyed the wall separating the he and his brother.
I watch the story at home with some friends, and everyone including me no one spoke, all was silent from the beginning till the movie ended. I think about every time rift that would arise in the minds of the people who sit in the darkness. I also ponder the words of Jesus who asks us to make peace with people who have been away from us. He said, "If thou bring thy gift to the altar, and you think there will be something that your brother has against you, leave your gift before the altar and go make peace with your brother first, then return to offer your gift" (Matthew 5:23 - 24).
Currently, is there a relative, friend or brother in Christ who need to be reconciled by you? If so, why did you not immediately approached him?
A grudge against fellow will hinder your relationship with God. 

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