|| Reconciliation ||
Its funny sometimes how God works in simple yet outstanding ways! In October of 2016 I experienced the reconciliation of a friendship that I had come to peace as lost and forgotten, but God had other plans for it!
He started by convicting my heart and showing me that I needed to swallow my pride and start attending community group again, which is exactly what I did. From there he convicted her heart. The girl in which I had made peace with not being friends with. God convicted her and he convicted me and what came of it was reconciliation.
The dictionary definition of Reconciliation is the restoration of friendly relations.
Did it come as a shock? Yes.
Do I except things to be the way they were? No. We had lost 5 months due to not talking and essentially not being friends, and a lot had happened to the both of us in those 5 months. We were not the same people we were back in May of 2016, so obviously things are going to be different and that’s 100% okay with me. Change is good, and essential if you want to grow into the person you need and want to be.
I was excited about this new chapter. I mean how could I not? This girl and I were really good friends in the beginning, we understood each other on a level that was really rare and it is refreshing that we got to start to rebuild our friendship from the ground up again.
Did I have reservations? Of course I did. I always will, whether it is with her or anyone else in my life, because its in my nature. That doesn’t mean that I won't try and get to know her again and build something that will be needed and wanted by both parties.
Honestly though, if I learned anything, it's that God does work in mysterious ways, but its always in our best interest. He knows exactly what he is doing, in exactly his timing and when we just wait patiently wonderful things happen. I believe that her and I were not ready for the type of friendship we both wanted. We both had a lot of things to figure out, mostly me, but we needed time to figure things out. When He decided that we were ready to let the other back into each others lives, He would make it happen, and He did.
Reconciliation is not about saying one is right and the other is wrong. Reconciliation is the act of swallowing your pride in hopes that a friendship can be saved, or reborn.
If I know anything, its that God’s timing is perfect, and that if we trust in that, good things are to come.
