Whew! I sounds like there is a blow-up at the end of Acts 15. (Acts 15:22-41) It all starts when Paul suggests to his pal Barnabas that they go back to their church planting cities and see what's going on.
"There occurred such a sharp disagreement that they separated from one another, and Barnabas took Mark with him and sailed away to Cyprus." Whoa! These two godly missionaries were quite human.
Barnabas wants to take John Mark with them but "Paul kept insisting that they should not take him along who had deserted them in Pamphylia and had not gone with them to the work". And then we get the shock!
The grace I read here is that even with conflict and relationship problems, the men continued to trust God and serve Him. "But Paul chose Silas and left, being committed by the brethren to the grace of the Lord." In fact Paul was doing mighty works. "And he was traveling through Syria and Cilicia, strengthening the churches." He had enough trust in God and peace to keep serving Him despite troubled times.
Lord, we need Your grace to continue loving and serving despite human conflicts and trials. Just like You could even sleep in a storm tossed boat (Mark 4:38), give us faith to trust the Father through our storms.
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