This is Week 12 in the Grace in Everyday Relationships Series. Most of us lean one way or the other when conflict comes. Some of us work overtime to “keep the peace,” swallowing hurt, laughing off concerns, and telling ourselves it’s not worth the trouble to say anything. Others are quick to speak our minds, convinced that as long as we’re being honest, people just have to deal with it. Over time, both approaches leave damage—either in the relationship, or in our own hearts.​ Scripture offers a better path: “speaking the truth in love” so that the body grows up into Christ. That little phrase from Ephesians 4 is not…