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Reconciliation after Forgiveness in a Relationship

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We frequently hear about forgiveness, but never much about reconciliation. What does that look like? How do two people rebuild a relationship? 2 Corinthians 5:17-19   New King James Version (NKJV) says:    17  Therefore, if anyone  is  in Christ,  he is  a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new.  18  Now all things  are  of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation,  19  that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. God shows us. He first reconciled himself to us. He poured out his love on us when we did not deserve it; we had not earned it, but he still forgave us. Then he desired to build a relationship, but he waited for us to turn to him. Note that God did not impute our trespasses; he released us from our sins against him and approached the relationship anew.