But sometimes another perfect answer comes to mind that shuts the person up without anger toward them...otherwise I just turn away from them with a shrug of the shoulders...not worth arguments, as many say, life is too short and mine is getting shorter with each passing day..
Be not quick to take offense was from the OT, proverbs I think...
Yep, thanks granny. I think that’s one of my biggest problems.I take people at face value too much. I think Jesus must have been able to look at a person and see all kinds of influences in their lives along with their predisposition to see how tangled up they were in all kinds of things, and then He had compassion.
I, on the other hand, see the same person and take their vile talk at face value and can pretty much flame it as though the person speaking it was related to it.
And they’re not. And I need to remember that.
We’re all on this planet struggling so hard to get disentangled in so many snares, and we all need help. Praise God He is there. Now if only I would learn and try to walk in that.
It’s a good thing God is SO much more patient than I am!