Sometimes, you just don’t know what to say. For me, that’s more often than not.
Living in close community like we are, there’s going to be conflict. And as a person who has run from conflict their whole life, (seriously, I didn’t even do competitive sports) I usually have nothing to say when people are upset or frustrated. Actually, I never have the words to say.
Being on the race, my team has challenged me to not run from those situations, but to actually participate and fight through with them. Super hard. I always just want to cry, or run away or throw up. But through the struggle, I’ve learned some big lessons.
It’s not on me. In hard times, God is with us. It’s not up to me to change people’s hearts and by myself, I can’t understand where they’re coming from. But with God,he can navigate us through the murkiest waters and get to the life and the healing on the other side. Conflict is hard, but with it, massive growth can happen. Our team has become a family through difficulty, through not ignoring things, but facing them head on.
God gives us the words to say. He gives us hearts to conquer and he works in us and through us for his glory. I can’t say that I’m super at conflict yet, but I’m getting there. God is constantly challenging me and growing me. I’m excited to see what the race will hold, and I know with my new family and with God, we can conquer anything.
