Proverbs 19:11 The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. And his glory is to overlook a transgression. Another translation says it's to his glory to overlook an offence.
Do you ever have one of those days where you try to help someone but it turns out all wrong? You meant well but it was thrown back in your face. You genuinely thought you were doing the right thing but it was received wrongly.You tried to explain but the enemy was stirring up a mess on purpose so that the more you tried the worse it got. It happened to me yesterday and when that happens it's good to draw to one side and ask for wisdom and sometimes the wisest thing is to say and do nothing more!
If they misunderstand you and what you were trying to do then sometimes it's better to let them. After all God knows our hearts and if we have a clear conscience before Him then all is well. He is our vindicator and our advocate and sometimes we just have to let the Holy Spirit sort it out and pray for all concerned.
There is a freedom in knowing you don't have to have the last word because very often it's a hollow victory anyway. Do we have our feelings hurt? Yes, sometimes we do and we don't always see it coming so it upsets us. When that happens we just have to give the hurt all up to God, and enter His rest and ask Him to work it all out for our good and their good too, and show us if we could have done it differently.
So just in case someone offends or hurts you today or in the coming days, may I pass on what I learned, to not let the enemy settle that offence in your heart. Go to God with it straight away and give it to Him and let Him minister His grace to you so you can forgive and be forgiven for getting it wrong sometimes, and just let it go.
Proverbs 4:23 Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.
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