Prodigal:  Is Brady part of your family?

Me:  Yep, and I love him and my family!

Prodigal:  What do you like most about your family?

Me:  Well we’re just beans-and-cornbread kind of folks and not to fancy.  I kinda like that type of living.

Prodigal:  There is nothing wrong with that.

 

This is from the book Becoming More Than A Good Bible Study Girl by Lysa Terkeurst

 

Often we slip into judging others under the guise of being honest enough to say the hard things to a friend.  The Bible makes it clear that honesty is important–but so is prayerful consideration of how and when to say things.  Saying something hard to someone is not an off-the-cuff assignment.  We have to be willing to do life with this person for a while.  We have to get a little dirty on their behalf, get to know what their life is really like, and earn the right to have these types of conversations with them.

 

What a reminder to have compassion today.  To keep your mouth shut and pray more while your are listening.

 

Matthew 26:10

When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman?  for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

 

Jennifer Van Allen

www.theprodigalpig.com

www.faithincounseling.org