Matt Chandler has spent some time studying Song of Solomon and has concluded that 20 percent of the book is about conflict. You're thinking: “Duh, Michelle! The whole Old Testament deals with war and conflict and all of that kind of stuff.” But this book-well, it's actually a book that you wouldn't equate with war, or conflict, or even arguing in fact, quite the opposite.

There's a book in the Bible that deals quite a bit in conflict. I mean, come on: “We're Christians,”- right?-“We don't fight!” But we do live in a post-Genesis 3 world, and it's wracked with sin! And where sin lives, conflict is not far behind. You know, it's kind of like a conflict is slowly brewing.Īnd yet, we know that no one really likes those fights.

We have some close quarters and so, maybe, there's some biting/maybe there's some snapping going on. I was always told to leave the dogs alone when the heat is high, because they will snap-well, you know, or bite? I learned that first-hand-that a dog will get a little upset with you, because it's hot and they’re crabby-and well, they don't want someone in their face.Īs we head into these dog days of summer, let's apply that in human terms: Everybody's inside no one's outside, because it's just too hot to be outside. Now, today, we're going to talk about the dog days of summer-you remember those days right? Maybe you're living through them right now.Īs a kid, I had a German Shepherd-actually, we had a few German Shepherds around the house. We've talked a little bit about how to help our kids through summer we've talked about tech-wise in summertime. You know, we are in the full swing of summer.

We'll talk about it today on this edition of FamilyLife This Week. Michelle: We're going to talk about conflict resolution, which is more than just believing the best in the other person. Tim: I think it's wise for us to understand, ballpark, what causes conflict in relationships: “What is my communication climate like? What's happening in my relationship or my soul, because I'm not being generous with you/I'm not being charitable? I'm going to a dark place, in which I'm always approaching you with these negative interpretations, right off the bat. Michelle: You know that ugly, sticky weed of conflict?-it usually begins with the seed of poor communication.

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