People Mess

Something I am learning about myself is that I love to be apart of conflict resolution. This happens to be a good thing as that is part of my job. I work with people therefore, I work with messiness.

I love being able to sit down with individuals and leaders and to take the time to healthily work through issues, work through forgiveness and ask the Lord for His heart in the situation. I don't mind confrontation - in fact, I appreciate when everything is laid out on the table and people are honest. Emotions used to be a bit awkward for me, but I'm finding the more I work with people, the more I'm encouraging people to not hold back if they're feeling hurt or angry or sad...we all need a good cry, and sometimes we need to let off some steam (in a healthy manner). Raw emotions (though they may be a little awkward), are incredibly important in the healing process.

Over the past few years, I've had the privilege of working with leaders all over the world with my work through ACCI and since living in Canada have worked with church individuals that have helped teach me how to cultivate resolution. Even in my personal life, I have been privileged (yes, it is a privilege even though it is very painful) to walk through some pretty yucky stuff that I'm still learning how to be faithful and obedient in the midst of. There is hope in the messiness.

My very profound conclusion: People mess isn't messy to God. He's bigger than that.