Few can argue of the importance of reconciliation for those of us who follow Jesus Christ. Paul writes that we are called to a ministry of reconciliation. But can we be reconcilers without first being reconciled – with God – with ourselves – with others.
Perhaps the most important, yet most difficult part of a mission and ministry of reconciliation is honest self reflection. We confess our part in breaking the relationship and accept ourselves as fully forgiven by God and by our own deepest spirit. Only then are we set free from the guilt and shame and burden of responsibility for our own sins through forgiveness.
First take the log out of your own eye, and then take on the task of removing the speck from the other.
Reconciliation – a vocation and calling as important to Christian mission as Social Justice and Christian Charity.
D Gene Kraus 