Please, first seek peace. This is what God requests for us to do when dealing with our enemies at the verge of war. If we are to seek peace with enemies, how should we deal with friends, and even more critical family? Please pause for as long as you need, evaluate your relationships. Are you treating your family and friends like they are the enemy? How would God treat or handle them? Are we to follow God’s example?
Deuteronomy 20:10-13
10 “As you approach a town to attack it, you must first offer its people terms for peace.
11 If they accept your terms and open the gates to you, then all the people inside will serve you in forced labor.
12 But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.
Hebrews 12:14
14 Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord.
Romans 12:18
18 Do all that you can to live in peace with everyone.