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A Danish health survey asked almost 10,000 people between ages 36 and 52, "In your everyday life, do you experience conflicts with any of the following people-your partner, children, other family members, friends, or neighbors?" Eleven years later, 422 of them were no longer living. That's a typical number. What's compelling, the researchers noted, is that the people who answered "always" or "often" in any of these cases were two to three times more likely to be among the dead. (And the deaths were from standard causes: cancer, heart disease, alcohol-related liver disease, etc.-not murder.)

The researchers concluded, "Stressful social relations are associated with increased mortality risk among middle-aged men and women." That's why they recommended that we develop what they called "skills in handling worries and demands from close social relations as well as conflict management."*

"Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God." Matthew 5:9

Resolving conflicts with others is not always an easy thing to do, but very important to God.  Do you have someone in your life that you have been experiencing conflict with? If the answer is "yes," why not ask God to help you deal with it once and for all?

Have a great day and God bless!

Pastor Mike / The Open Word 

*James Hamblin, "Stressful Relationships vs. Isolation: The Battle for Our Lives," The Atlantic (5-13-14)