Go ahead and continue to break things down, without building things back up. Do you know that you can spell out all the negative things in your friends, boss, family, children, police officers, cashier at the checkout, husband, wife, the old man driving a car and many others…. but what good is this effort, if you have left edification out of the equation.
Isn’t the old saying “if you can’t say anything good, don’t say anything at all?” We can’t be quiet, because we were taught as children to speak up for ourselves, our rights, for things we believe in. We weren’t instructed to edify as well. The process of continually breaking someone down only takes them further and further away from healing.
Try this… call me an idiot! It may hurt, but I’d be ok with that, if you also said. “But I still love you; nothing of what you did made any sense to me, you acted like an idiot.” I would definitely be more forgiving and fast to forgive.
In conclusion, our mouths are like hammers. They can drive nails in and build, and also, pull nails out and un-build. Don’t break a person down with words that destroy and then just simply close the door or “turn off the light.” Peace
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