tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post570357344865391520..comments2024-02-18T18:51:16.406-08:00Comments on What Matters Most : International Conflict Resolution DayLovella ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/13870567090244361779noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-80469673135685415942009-10-19T09:07:34.403-07:002009-10-19T09:07:34.403-07:00Love the way you put your words together and ventu...Love the way you put your words together and ventured out on a topic that is hard to talk about, but everyone experiences. Your childhood memories with your dramatic imaginations make one smile! Although conflict resolution sounds like a new term, it is not new. As we heard in church, yesterday again, Christians are not imune to conflict and hurting others, but we have One who has by example shown us how to forgive and also go to Him for forgiveness when we fail.Anneliesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10288355284573379421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-34322395646153333352009-10-18T16:31:33.397-07:002009-10-18T16:31:33.397-07:00Been there! I've understood those same feeling...Been there! I've understood those same feelings. Peace with each other...so much better than strife. I'm so grateful for the Holy Spirit who over and over again has lovingly prompted me to live in peace...and when I choose His way life is so much sweeter. Thanks for your thoughts. I had time to think about that exact thing on our trip these past few days. KAthyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-34578027889790584952009-10-16T02:03:24.032-07:002009-10-16T02:03:24.032-07:00such provocative thoughts. as humans our emotions...such provocative thoughts. as humans our emotions are fragile at best and all to often raw. to hold grudges or to have grudges held against us is just poison, that slowly eats away at the one holding them.<br />i prefer to settle things quickly and ask for forgiveness if i am aware that forgiveness needs to be asked for........other times i pray that folks are just gracious with me and my erring ways.<br />thanks for the good reminder.charlotte mgcchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11048116678193513487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-15682526182742818122009-10-15T20:36:59.458-07:002009-10-15T20:36:59.458-07:00Beautiful post Lovella... thanksBeautiful post Lovella... thanksKamanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-88836869388328805062009-10-15T19:21:33.095-07:002009-10-15T19:21:33.095-07:00Oh yeh, I have lived through a lot of conflict and...Oh yeh, I have lived through a lot of conflict and a lot of resolutions. You are right holding a grudge is the thing that will make you sick, sick inside and out. I am a coward I try to stay about from situations where I feel there will be conflict. I have that choice now more so since I am retired.<br />QMMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-78316064684506728632009-10-15T14:01:50.821-07:002009-10-15T14:01:50.821-07:00Ohh... childhood memories. How precious they are, ...Ohh... childhood memories. How precious they are, and how deeply felt both in the living and the reliving. <br />How many of our life's lessons are learned when we are young, and then it takes a lifetime to work them out! smile.. <br />How beautiful your photos are, and your sentiments so well expressed.Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02029451742280017744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-10684683999503732812009-10-15T13:18:02.263-07:002009-10-15T13:18:02.263-07:00Having pondered on I Corinthians 13 for several da...Having pondered on I Corinthians 13 for several days now, I'm finding it everywhere! This is a wonderful illustration of that love that takes no notice of a suffered wrong...well, maybe we do notice at first, but then we remember God's amazing and never ending love for us and we are moved to forgive and to let go of our own rights...and we find peace. Thank you, Lovella.Sara at Come Away With Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07677354270954094291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-56097198211117024762009-10-15T08:51:51.347-07:002009-10-15T08:51:51.347-07:00I think we may be reading from the same devotional...I think we may be reading from the same devotional book...as I was reminded of this very thing this morning. Family, friends and church conflicts...there's nothing worse. <br /><br />I like to remind myself of Romans 12:18...'If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone'.Judy https://www.blogger.com/profile/00929685771427155673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-70673734743056689622009-10-15T08:34:49.809-07:002009-10-15T08:34:49.809-07:00I love peace so much more then conflict. Ugh. I re...I love peace so much more then conflict. Ugh. I remember my mother making us stand there until we said Please forgive me and then I forgive you. Why are those words so hard. I think it's because they are so important...And that is what Jesus' sacrifice is for us, forgiveness, reconciliation, peace.ellen b.https://www.blogger.com/profile/14531430948905935301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-49245871313483017802009-10-15T08:03:22.839-07:002009-10-15T08:03:22.839-07:00Well said, Lovella.Well said, Lovella.Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02109955196210083177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-86376521523805791652009-10-15T07:50:29.928-07:002009-10-15T07:50:29.928-07:00thank you for this, lovella. i've got tears ru...thank you for this, lovella. i've got tears running down my cheeks this morning because i SO needed this today after dh and i had a few "words" this morning. he had to leave for work and i was left behind struggling to put it out of my mind and be a good mom all at the same time. i will stop trying to put it out of my mind and will give it over to God instead.heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06693901431333983890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-33846772560464849462009-10-15T07:40:51.113-07:002009-10-15T07:40:51.113-07:00What a beautiful, peace filled message. Thank you ...What a beautiful, peace filled message. Thank you Lovella.<br /><br />Three Hearts FarmAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-85142660020610484052009-10-15T07:11:02.294-07:002009-10-15T07:11:02.294-07:00The wincing inside as memories of childhood slight...The wincing inside as memories of childhood slights rushed back...I still dream about some of those things. The learning curve-mothers and daughters stick together...three usually is a crowd...what we want and think we will get suddenlygetting taken from us, by others or by God. The conflict may be resolved, accepted, modified, yet the wariness and hurt is even more difficult to overcome than the intial "event." The fact that God promises to wipe evey tear away in heaven is a big hint to me that it is unrealistic to expect full emotional resolution here on earth.<br /><br />On a lighter note...your "English" friend: The Amish refer to anyone not Amish is English. For a moment I mentally blurred the sects (Mennonite and Amish), and thought your friend was not from the UK, but rather just not Mennonite.Thoughts on Life and Millinery.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15826496514403918108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-43643972102856483762009-10-15T05:48:52.343-07:002009-10-15T05:48:52.343-07:00I too remember conflicts from a young age on. Some...I too remember conflicts from a young age on. Some got resolved and others not. It's pure misery living with unresolved conflicts..great lesson Lovella!Bettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18214584150711242076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36134113.post-42898086163755531322009-10-15T04:34:28.743-07:002009-10-15T04:34:28.743-07:00My beloved has been preaching a series on this ver...My beloved has been preaching a series on this very same topic - based on John Ortberg's writing. Everyone is learning from it - we're sometimes uncomfortable - sometimes chuckling at ourselves - but we're growing,learning how to resolve conflict in a biblical manner and becoming more healthy in our relationships. I'll let him know that today is ICRD. It will probably make it to next Sunday's sermon :)Islandsparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04474765495506044446noreply@blogger.com