With all of us spending more time at home than usual, tensions might also be running a little higher than usual.

You might be in quarantine relationship danger if:

The Comedy Central roasting crew shows up to record a day in your home

Your cat has became your favorite family member

You've considered how to build an octagon cage in the living room to settle things once and for all

Your wife claims to be starting your garden, but has dug a six foot deep hole

You've hidden the good snacks throughout the house

You've went to Zillow to find a bigger house

Your students, I mean kids, are now on permanent janitor duty

You've began to notice the rate of your child's blinking

You've wondered how to poison your spouse and have it look like a coronavirus case

You find yourself taking a trip to the bathroom just to get away from your family

Last week, we learned about how God intentionally created us with unique personalities.  His intent was to draw us closer together through relationships as our weaknesses and strengths and talents compliment each other in unity through diversity.

We were challenged from Romans 15 to accept one another as Jesus has accepted us and to look for ways to help and serve one another. 

Not only within the walls of our homes, but everywhere we go in life, we will encounter people with different personalities from our own.  These intentional differences intended to draw us together, instead, cause conflict.

Today, we'll continue our message series, "Bless This Home" as we learn how to resolve this conflict.

This week, we turn to Hebrews 12 for some awesome advice on how to resolve conflict that arises in our relationships with others both inside and outside of our homes.

Today, we're specifically addressing the conflict between personality differences and not conflict that arises due to sinful attitudes or behaviors.  Next week, we're going to deal more specifically with how to handle that situation. 

What we're dealing with today are conflicts that arise which aren't truly black and white, Biblically-defined sin, moral issues.

Not all conflict that we have is a result of someone sinning against us or wronging us in some way.  Not all conflict is a moral failure on our part or theirs. 

In fact, this is really the first thing that we need to objectively be aware of when it comes to responding to conflict.  Is this conflict a result of sin?  Did I sin against this person or have they sinned against me in some way?

Unless we're consistently living in contradiction to how God has called us to live, or we are in a very unhealthy relationship, this usually isn't the case. 

More often than not, the conflicts that we find ourselves in are not the result of moral failure of anyone, but simply because of our unique differences.

It is again important to remember that our unique personalities, talents, and perspectives are intentional and purposed by God and therefore, so is the tension and conflict that arises from it. 

To a degree, conflict is healthy.  It means that in our relationships, we are being ourselves and allowing others to be themselves.  Occasional conflict is a healthy sign in any relationship. 

However, how we choose to respond to that conflict can either make or break those relationships.  How we handle that conflict can be toxic or healthy i...