CRITICAL BITES Attacks from fellow believers, They surely do hurt, Should we become our own defender? Or let the Lord deal with the attack. It is so easy to go on the defensive, And who amongst us has not done this? We so easily take offense, Becoming rather pensive. Then the enemy gets in, And we fall into sin, Finding it hard to forgive, And the offender to love. Would we not save ourselves hurt, And guard our hearts, If instead of by the critic being offended, We turned it around and the critic blessed. We have all so much to learn, Sometimes that causes pain, But we are to love one another, With the love of our Saviour. Discussion can be healthy, As long as no offense is taken, We are all on a journey, Surely we can from each other learn. Not saying we can learn from false teaching, Except to learn what we should be avoiding, Remember though none of us are the finished article, We may be able to gently persuade of the truth and not be critical. I’ve been hurt before, Hurt to the core, Because it came from another believer, Forgive I had to for myself to be restored. Irene McGough ©
Posted on: Sun, 23 Nov 2014 22:14:26 +0000
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