"They both appreciated the fact that we reached out to invite them back to church."
The anticipation of an event is often worse than the event itself. When I think about confrontation and conversations they play out in my mind as terse and bad. When the actual event happens I mostly get responses like my quote from last year. There is appreciation, respect and love.
Maybe it is the cynicism of our society that we are immersed in or maybe it is just human nature but don't we often go to the negative. the Bible encourages us to believe the best. If we did we wouldn't dread the conversations we know we need to have with people. If we speak the truth in love then the power of love will be in the conversation.
Be bold and be brave. Things will turn out better than you think. Especially if God is on your side!
Do you have any anxiety when it comes to confrontation or important conversations? How do you draw strength to press ahead in spite of how you feel?
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