Mend Fences
I love fences.
I know some people say, “Don’t fence me in,” meaning they want their freedom. I like freedom too. Still, I enjoy the beauty of fences.
- Fences give order.
- They look neat.
- Sometimes they provide safety.
However, we need to mend (repair) fences occasionally.
- Fences break.
- They need paint.
- Animals damage them.
- They start leaning the wrong way.
- They get dirty.
If we don’t mend them, they won’t stay safe, neat, orderly, and beautiful.
Occasionally we need to mend fences in our relationships.
- We disagree, argue, or fight.
- We neglect one another.
- Hard times hurt us.
- We let others lead us the wrong way.
- We betray one another.
We mend fences when we improve our relationships.
How do we do that? We learn to:
- Disagree without arguing or fighting
- Spend special time together
- Refuse to follow bad examples
- Support one another through hard times
- Apologize when we do wrong
Of course, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. If we take care of our relationships every day, we don’t have to spend so much time mending them. That seems a small price to pay for a safe, neat, orderly, beautiful relationship.
“Turn us back to You, O Lord, and we will be restored; Renew our days as of old” (Lamentations 5:21 NKJV).
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