Romans 12:18 says, "If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone."
A number of years ago a friend of mine entered a difficult phase of his marriage. Eventually he tired of working on the relationship, and he divorced his wife. Last summer I took a long walk with him. I wish I could play a tape recording of our conversation. "I gave up the most important relationship in my life because of laziness," he said. "That's all it was. If I could, I'd set the clock back and do it all over again. And this time I wouldn't quit working."
Another man wrote to me, "Being out and alone, divided from my kids, has ripped a hole in my heart that just doesn't heal. Dealing with the pain of loss is harder than the relational work ever was. I wish I hadn't given up so easily."
-- Bill Hybels in Making Life Work: Putting God's Wisdom into Action
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