Overlooking and Forgiving

 

“A person’s wisdom yields patience”

—Proverbs 19:11a

It seems that, more and more, we live in a “get even” society. One offense leads to a counter-offense. The counter-offense leads to a counter-counter-offense. The battle rages back and forth and continues until we will likely run out of “counters” long before it ends.

Among fellow believers, such behavior is simply not in keeping with the appropriately loving attitude Christians should have toward each other. Note the words King Solomon shares, as found in Proverbs 19:11:

A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

I wonder if we can muster enough wisdom to begin overlooking and forgiving the offenses of our brothers and sisters in Christ? I wonder if I can? Let’s stop wondering and do it!

 

Based on a blog originally posted on Thursday, May 7, 2015

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