Friday, January 14, 2011

three rules for confronting other people…

how do i confront a person? well james 1.19 (niv) tells us three rules for confronting other people. everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to become angry.

now those are the three rules when you go to confront somebody at work. you be quick to listen, you be slow to speak and then you will be slow to anger.

you see, if you do the first two the third one is automatic. if you are quick to listen and slow to speak, you will be slow to anger.

somebody said, GOD gave us two ears and one mouth then HE wants us to listen twice as much as we talk.

so he says here quick to listen, slow to speak. what do you listen for?

you listen for the hurt. you listen for the hurt in that person because hurt people hurt people. hurting people always hurt other people.

when you have somebody who is being a jerk at work, it is because that person is hurting. and when you understand their hurt then maybe you have a little better understanding of why they do what they do and you are a little more patient with them. understanding always brings patience.

when we don't understand things then we are impatient with them. when we are understanding then we are a whole lot more patient with them.

just a thought from the front porch…

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