What do you do when you can’t fix a relationship?
What do you do when you can’t fix a relationship? Estrangement between parents and adult children can leave us feeling hurt, confused, and powerless—especially when reconciliation isn’t entirely up to us.
In this message, we explore what Scripture says about broken family relationships and what we can do when we can’t control the outcome: start with ourselves, love wisely, honor where appropriate, and trust God with what we cannot change.
Because the Gospel is a story of reconciliation, our hope isn’t found in fixing every relationship, but in the grace of Christ and the possibility of healing—even when it doesn’t happen on our timeline. Let's listen in...
LINKS + RESOURCES FROM THIS EPISODE:
“Rules of Estrangement” by Joshua Coleman
Tim Keller, “If each spouse says to the other, 'I will treat my selfishness as the main problem in the marriage,' you have the prospect for great things."
Scripture References:
Ephesians 6, verses 1-4; 2 Samuel 18; 1 Samuel; Luke 15; Proverbs 22, verse 6; Ephesians 2, verse 19
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