A common sense message on minding your own business!!! (At least be careful of the battles you choose!!! Is it really worth the potential harm???) Don’t Grab the Dog’s Ears By Paul Chappell Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013 "He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears."" Proverbs 26:17 A Christian worker noticed that his young son was prone to getting involved in fights between two brothers who lived across the street. One day he took the boy on a walk. As they passed one house, a large German shepherd bounded into the yard and ran along the fence beside the sidewalk. The father waited for a moment and then asked, “Would you like to reach over the fence and grab his ears?” Of course the boy had no interest in that. Then the father quoted this verse and pointed out that by intervening in fights between the two other boys, he was doing something very much like that foolish act. There are few people who face so little trouble in their own lives that they need to go borrowing it by getting involved in the strife of others. Yet for a variety of reasons, we often give in to the temptation to take part in a conflict that does not involve us. While these actions and interventions may be well-motivated, they are certainly not the path to peace and serenity in life. Instead we should be minding our own business. If there is a role for us to play in a conflict, it will probably find us fairly quickly. There is no need to jump into other people’s battles. If we feel the need to get involved, we should first spend time in careful evaluation to determine whether it is an area where we can contribute to an actual solution. Only if the answer to that is yes should we take part. Today’s Proverbs Precept: You will have plenty of difficulty in your life without taking on struggles and conflicts that rightly belong to others.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Jul 2013 06:27:30 +0000
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