A short, single-speaker YouTube/podcast monologue (Dec 14, 2023) in which the speaker reflects that conflict—even when it ends poorly—can, with time, serve as a catalyst for positive change and relational restoration. The speaker emphasizes honesty, having difficult conversations about past hurts, and trusting that time (and faith/the Lord) can sometimes bring about reconciliation, while cautioning this is not guaranteed.
The discomfort that conflict ending poorly can create in a relationship over time could actually be a catalyst for change in the right direction. And I'm for sure not always. I don't. I mean, we're not making a blanket statement here. If you do give it some time, there is a potential benefit down the road that if we get into this conflict and it was really uncomfortable and we both walked away really upset, just know that at least you had the conversation. At least you were honest about how you felt, or at least both of you were able to finally say something about this. You know, a lot of the stuff that I know for me that I've had conflict over is the stuff that's happened in the past that we haven't talked about. And so maybe it's the first time you've actually talked about it and you yelled at each other and said things you shouldn't have and then both apologized and there's still no resolution. Just give it time that there may be some discomfort that that causes. Like, I really do want some resolution. So I think you can trust that the Lord can use conflict to bring about restoration. Again, not a blanket statement. It's not something that's going to absolutely happen every time, but there is that possibility. I've seen that happen in life.
