Today we had a good teaching time on how to deal with conflicts/settling problems with people at the end of this course. As it was mentioned in the teaching time: it would be easy to think that as we are only going to see each other for another few days, we could try to just "cope" with anyone we have a problem with, but actually, it would be much better if we sort out the problems now before we leave each other.
The tips included:
- Identify the problem
- Take the problem to God in prayer, and recognise He is the best at solving the problem
- Confess your issues to God and maybe a trusted close friend/accountability partner
- If needed, gently let the person you have a problem with know, so that you can work things out together.
- If needed after that (if they won't listen), ask your friend to go with you to try again.
It was pointed out that the Bible makes it clear that if you have a problem with someone, you should go to them about it
and if you know someone has a problem with you, you should go to them to sort it out.
We also talked about "Memory Stones" - some artefact we could create that will help us remember the blessings of God and what He has taught us individually in our course.
We also performed our "Community Care" tasks one last time. There is a new YWAM DTS school here (they started in January), who have taken on the duties now. It was funny stepping back in to my cleaning clothes again.
In the evening we had a final Cafe Night, where various acts performed songs and other skits for our DTS group. I finished off (having been requested at the time), by telling the story of how I proposed.
It's been a strange day - I know it is time to leave this place. I've been so happy here, and I know it was the right thing at the right time in my life to come here, but I'm just ready to move on now. To what, I don't know, but I know God will be there with me, guiding me - if I let Him.
And while I'm in a free country again, I'd just like to say something I couldn't for the last two months: Jesus is Lord!
