The Lord is awe-inspiring, fearsome, fascinating, intriguing, and majestic in his radiant splendor: breathtaking! Here is what I saw of him today and what came to my heart and mind in Proverbs 20:3,
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"It is to one's honor to avoid strife,
but every fool is quick to quarrel."
How do we measure honor? Among those things we might list (foolishly at times) as contributing to that would be the ability to establish our own perspective over another's. When we are challenged with opposing ideas we may feel a need to "protect" our honor by engaging in a dialog that just might reduce itself to a quarrel. When we go there, we lose any sense of honor. Just the opposite: it is honorable "to avoid strife..."
That isn't to say we should not make every attempt to help someone else understand our point, it is just that when that effort devolves into a quarrel, it becomes something else. We particularly may look foolish if we engage in a quarrel with a half-wit... that doesn't seem like an honorable enterprise!
When we are quick to quarrel we are communicating we don't want to understand another's thoughts and feelings and that we already know all we need to know. Arrogance and conceit do not wear well as being honorable.
Unfortunately, I know all too much about this!
but every fool is quick to quarrel."
How do we measure honor? Among those things we might list (foolishly at times) as contributing to that would be the ability to establish our own perspective over another's. When we are challenged with opposing ideas we may feel a need to "protect" our honor by engaging in a dialog that just might reduce itself to a quarrel. When we go there, we lose any sense of honor. Just the opposite: it is honorable "to avoid strife..."
That isn't to say we should not make every attempt to help someone else understand our point, it is just that when that effort devolves into a quarrel, it becomes something else. We particularly may look foolish if we engage in a quarrel with a half-wit... that doesn't seem like an honorable enterprise!
When we are quick to quarrel we are communicating we don't want to understand another's thoughts and feelings and that we already know all we need to know. Arrogance and conceit do not wear well as being honorable.
Unfortunately, I know all too much about this!
Anything of the Lord capture your heart from Scripture today? Share what moved you about him from your Bible reading today. I'd love to hear from you!
If you have someone you would like to receive these ruminations, send me their email address. I'm happy to add them to the list. If you are receiving this and would like to be removed from the list, just reply and let me know.
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