Day 2 - Broken relationships

I am often saddened when i spend times with families who have been bereaved to find that there are members of the family who don't talk to each other.  Often these relationships are broken over such little things but after time the hurts and pain of the broken relationship become a huge gulf that cannot be overcome. Even the pain of bereavement in some cases doesn't bring people back together again. I am very blessed that communication in my own family is very good,  but even then there are many opportunities for misunderstanding.   In Genesis 3 we see the breakdown of the relationship between God and man, yet in hindsight we know the rest of the story and we rejoice that this disaster didn't end here as God took the initiative to restore this relationship through Jesus Christ. If we believe this then we have to believe in a God of restoration. Perhaps I need to trust him more to help me in those relationships which I know i have to work at or even to take time to mend.