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I was just reminded today of a sermon I heard several years ago about the value of friendship and relationship. The one thing I especially remember this visiting pastor say was this, "Satan will always remind you of your friend's faults, not their good points."That really made an impression with me as one of our close friends has a tendency to be a little annoying at times... especially with some of his comments and surly kaykay has been known to take a little offense.
I know that walking in forgiveness is the answer and not dwelling, as that pastor said, on someone's faults. Sometimes I have to remind myself of this, however. I remember one of my favorite Bible teachers (Jack Hayford) said that sometimes we have to forgive people for the way they are in general not just specific actions.
Just some thoughts about friendship and offense... Any comments??
Yep...sometimes friends will offend. But, it is not so hard to forgive friends. What IS HARD is to forgive someone who is not a friend. Like, for example, a supervisor/boss at work who is constantly irking one way or another. I have an "upper management" boss who is forever demanding, forever critical, forever expecting projects to be completed by unrealistic dates, forever micro-managing, forever doesn't have a clue to what the working class has to put up with, etc, etc. This could "get to me" after awhile, causing bitterness. But I try to forgive, then forget, this mess...it won't last forever. One day I will be able to retire and walk away from this. Pray for those who despitefully use you, and say bad things about you.
Here's a little exercise: think about that one person on earth who you despise the MOST, that you have the MOST trouble with. Then sit down and earnestly pray for that person. Hard to do, isn't it?
I have a friend who likes to go and squander all of his money at the dog tracks and other gambling venues. I hate that he goes to the dog tracks and other gambling venues.I wish that he would quit gambling and seek the Lord. I have shared the Lord with him, so I hope he will seek Him.
We have known each other for more than 40 years and he is the type of person that would do anything I would ask of him. He is a friend for life , I just take an offense to his gambling, but that is not overshadowed by the goodness of his heart.
Friends will never live up to how you think they should.. I have a friend that isn't happy unless he is unhappy.. he loves wallowing in his own self-Moderator cut: need to rephrase [/mod] Thats just him.. doesn't offend me..
If they offended me .. really offended me or my family.. thats it. I wouldn't talk to them again. Its only happened once..
I must be incredibly picky about who I call my friends...or I'm not offended easily...either way my answer is no.
It's probably a lot about me. I tend to run in the "easily offended " circles!
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That really made an impression with me as one of our close friends has a tendency to be a little annoying at times... especially with some of his comments and surly kaykay
has been known to take a little offense.
Sometimes I have to remind myself of this, however. I remember one of my favorite Bible teachers (Jack Hayford) said that sometimes we have to forgive people for the way they are in general not just specific actions.
