Sometimes it feels like we are completely useless. It feels like we're condoning something just because we don't come out and say "that's wrong". It's frustrating to see a person that you love make terrible choices and mistakes and not be able to fix them. (goes back to the earlier post about "fixing things"). Whenever people do something that they clearly know is wrong, I just want to look at them and say "What are you thinking?! Why would you do that?!" It's natural. It's my gut reaction. But it's not necessarily biblical. James 1: 19 states that we should "be quick to hear, slow to speak, slow to anger;"
We are also taught from the Proverbs writer that "even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent." There are quite a few people that I would love to just go and shake them and tell them that they need to start living their lives the way God wants them to live it, but that's just not the way it should be handled. My life is not perfect by any means. I make mistakes, I sin even when I try not to. I'm human. But I try and make a conscious effort to not sin. I try and do what God tells me I should do. There is a time where we do need to confront people because of something they're doing, I understand that. There are also times when you know that no matter what you say, the person isn't going to listen to you. It goes in one ear and out the other. It's these times where we must be silent, let go, and let God. I can't save someone from themselves, only God can. And only when they are willing to change. This is something that I need to constantly remind myself. In this situation, all I can do is pray and trust that God will handle it. Because that's really what it boils down to isn't it? Do I trust God enough to trust him to handle a situation instead of me taking it into my own hands?
Just some food for thought.
xoxoxo
We are also taught from the Proverbs writer that "even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent." There are quite a few people that I would love to just go and shake them and tell them that they need to start living their lives the way God wants them to live it, but that's just not the way it should be handled. My life is not perfect by any means. I make mistakes, I sin even when I try not to. I'm human. But I try and make a conscious effort to not sin. I try and do what God tells me I should do. There is a time where we do need to confront people because of something they're doing, I understand that. There are also times when you know that no matter what you say, the person isn't going to listen to you. It goes in one ear and out the other. It's these times where we must be silent, let go, and let God. I can't save someone from themselves, only God can. And only when they are willing to change. This is something that I need to constantly remind myself. In this situation, all I can do is pray and trust that God will handle it. Because that's really what it boils down to isn't it? Do I trust God enough to trust him to handle a situation instead of me taking it into my own hands?
Just some food for thought.
xoxoxo