Our testimonies are stories of triumph over adversity of some kind. Working our way through offence can be one of the most challenging triumphs to achieve so sharing our stories with others often brings hope that you too can have the same triumph in your daily life. So here is one of my stories about journeying through offence.
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A while ago I had an experience that required both loving as God commands us to love, and the necessity in this instance, to use discernment because it would have a wide and potentially serious consequence if the situation was not handled the right way. I was challenged on my assertion that we needed to use some discernment in this particular instance, (I had a huge check in my spirit) because other party felt that was being super spiritual and we are to ‘just love people’. And of course we are; the upshot of this for me is that it had me exploring how love and the exercise of discernment can flow together.
You’re sitting in a room full of people you don’t know, nobody is really talking, and the weather has been done to death. You’re feeling tongue-tied, and you’re sure you have a large zit on the end of your nose and every one is looking at it. No one is confident enough to break the ice, and for the life of you, you can’t think of a single intelligent thing to say. IF ONLY YOU KNEW HOW TO MAKE SMALL TALK!
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