Sensible
People
Control
Their Temper;
They
Earn Respect By Overlooking Wrongs.
Scripture
Proverbs
19
Observation
Overlooking
wrongs is not easy is it?
Entire
families have been destroyed by family members refusing to overlook a
wrong by another family member.
We
might laugh when we talk about feuding of the Hatfields and the
McCoys, but when it is our own family there is nothing funny about it
at all, only tears, heartbreak, and pain.
I
love you. I am sorry. Will you forgive me? These three phrases are
not just for married couples, but they are for all of us in all of
our relationships!
Why
is it so hard for us to overlook a wrong? Our enemy is not the person
who has hurt us … you think it is but it is not … but we do have
an enemy.
Satan
is our enemy. He comes to kill, steal, and destroy. He is destroying
families. How do you think that he does that? He sows discord between
husband and wife, discord between brother and sister, discord between
parent and child! He is an expert at wrecking families! Don't let him
use you!
Love,
God's love and being full of God's love is the only way you and I can
overlook a wrong. Love must trump all wrongs!
“Love
is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud
or
rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it
keeps no record of being wronged.
Love
never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures
through every circumstance.” 1 Corinthians 13:4-5,7
So
whether it was your fault, their fault, or a little of both remember
this: You are the one that needs to say, “I love you. I am sorry.
Will you forgive me?”
It
doesn't matter if you are right, and it doesn't matter if you are the
one who has been wronged, it is your love for that person that needs
to win out!
Let's
not let Satan destroy our family!
Application
I
will not let the enemy win out. How about you?
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, You know how much pain I feel in my heart right now because
of broken relationships. So many marriages that are in turmoil, so
many families that are splintered, so many people who are mad at each
other, you know it breaks my heart and I know that it breaks Your
heart too.
I
pray for all of them. Help them to see that our real enemy is not our
spouse, not our brother or our sister, not the rebellious child, but
that our real enemy is Satan. Open up the eyes of every person
reading this blog today. Help them to see that Your love for people
trumps every wrong. Fill them with Your love so that they can humbly
go and get things right with the person who has wronged them. Don't
let Satan have the victory. Help them to say, “I love you. I am
sorry. Will you forgive me?”
Daily
Bible Reading: 2 Kings 1,2,3; Psalms 82; 1 Timothy 1 … I added
Psalm 19, Psalm 39; Proverbs 19
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