Friday, November 15 Even though a man takes some false step before he is aware of it, you who have spiritual qualifications try to readjust such a man.—Gal. 6:1. It is not easy to accept counsel from an imperfect human, no matter how tactfully and lovingly the counsel is presented. Yet, if we respond favorably, we will become even more desirable in God’s sight. Curiously, when we pray, we freely admit that we are imperfect. However, when someone draws a specific failing to our attention, the tendency is to try to justify ourselves, minimize the problem, question the motive of the counselor, or object to the way in which the counsel was delivered. (2 Ki. 5:11) And if the counsel touches a particularly sensitive area—the actions of a family member, our dress and grooming, our personal hygiene, or a form of recreation that we enjoy but that Jehovah hates—we might react quite negatively, to our own surprise and to our counselor’s dismay! But after we calm down, we usually concede that the counsel was appropriate. w11 7/15 4:5
Posted on: Fri, 15 Nov 2013 11:25:18 +0000
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