Dusting Our Feet Off: Walking in Peace When Others Won’t

As Christians, we are called to live at peace with others whenever it depends on us. But what happens when we have tried to make peace, shown grace, apologized, forgiven, and still cannot have a healthy relationship with someone?

Jesus gives us an important picture in Matthew 10:14: when people refuse to receive His message, His disciples were told to “shake off the dust” from their feet and move on.

Dusting our feet off does not mean we stop loving people. It means we recognize when we have done what God has asked us to do and release the outcome to Him.

Key Scriptures

Romans 12:18 — “If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.”

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