Fractured : Stay Close - Acts 15:36-41

When we disagree with someone or are in conflict with them, we tend to distance ourselves from them. We tend to try to get away from the situation, ignore it, and move on to something else. We don't want to engage in the situation because it's difficult, hard, and we may get hurt. We keep more distance than necessary between those we are in conflict with. While in some relationships we do need to keep some distance, we ought to try to be as close as we appropriately can without putting ourselves in danger or harms way. We should look for more connection rather than less. Just as Jesus did not give up on us, we ought not give up on our relationships with others.