Do I rant too much? I think that I am using this blog to complain too much. Am I the stereotype of the rebellious emergent church? nevertheless...
Working for a church organization offers me the chance to see alot of heartache. I am often befuddled by the we as people act when confronted with a challenge or a conflict. Some of us stand up; we get aggressive and attack anyone in our path until we win or our outcome is achieved. Others of us hold up our shield and get defensive. We deflect everything until nothing could possibly touch us. Others of us run; we run away so we don't even have to deal with the challenge or conflict. I think the last one is the most common. I see myself do it all the time. When something presents itself as a challenge or a conflict, I avoid the situation... actually in my case, I avoid and work myself up about it until i am ready to BURST and THEN I get agressive.... but I digress... many just run away. Never resolving the conflict, never facing the challenge, feeling victorious in the decision to run away.
Conflict happens! Challenges come up! Heck, God is the greatest storyteller of all time. What kind of author would he be if there were no conflicts in the storyline. How could we have a happy ending if we don't have a challenge presented. How can we know what a resolution is if we don't have a conflict. My best friends and I have always developed a stronger bond when a conflict comes in and we resolve it. How can we have ANY relationships if we run away at a conflict? I am learning that if I am to live in a community, ESPECIALLY a community of believers, I have to be willing to get through conflict without just running away. I hope that I can learn how to live in community as we wrestle through conflicts and resolutions... happiness and sadness... strength and weakness. And for you I hope the same...
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