Monday, May 13, 2013

Grace for your spirit May 14, 2013

Grace for your spirit
Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you.  Reprove a wise man and he will love you.  Proverbs 9:8

When reproved or gently criticized, how do we respond?   Do we realize that they way we accept such criticism reveals our spirit?  Are we scoffers or wise?  A scoffer takes criticism badly and will often hate the person talking to them.  The wise man will learn to love the criticism for the improvement it can make in their lives.  With the positive improvement, they then will love the one who reproved them.  The next time we are rebuked, before we respond in a hateful way, let's think; can this information help me?  When it does, be sure to say thank you very much.  That would be wise.

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