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I find my spirit weeping.. The way we talk to each other is so hateful at times... Would we say these things if Jesus was reading the type..
Jesus says
Mat_12:36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
He knows the hairs on our heads He hears our words.. I understand love is not a teddy bear... He has implored us
Joh_13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
We can get so wrapped up in being right we end up wrong...Most of us can quote, if not all a good
part of 1 Cor13. Do we bother to listen to the words... Do we bother to allow our selves to hear Him speak...
1Co 13:4 Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
1Co 13:5 Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil;
1Co 13:11 When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
We all have read members who make points and disagree with another but do not cross the line into hatefulness . Can we be mature enough to discuss even debate yet hold back the snarks the one-upmanship .
When we look we can see this member has this ability and a real sense for that.. one complements the lack in another. We could be completing one another .. When we smash a thumb most will pop it into the mouth and hop around on one foot the whole body working together to fix the thumb..
I am not talking about being a door mat or saying "o yes" to what ever ... but we can disagree in a kinder fashion. address the issues not the person... I am as guilty as the next guy...

We live in a time of easy communication we can go into all the world with a click . The gospel is the Good News ...
Php 4:8 Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.
 
I violated that rule and if I get an infraction for it. I deserve it. not going to hide my statements and moments in anger. sorry that is wrong what I did. but it happens even for me.
 
jasonc said:
I violated that rule and if I get an infraction for it. I deserve it. not going to hide my statements and moments in anger. sorry that is wrong what I did. but it happens even for me.
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What happened? Did I miss something good? :confused

I hope we can disagree - sometimes vigorously - and still be friends.
 
Mike S said:
What happened? Did I miss something good? :confused

I hope we can disagree - sometimes vigorously - and still be friends.
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Im not one to have angry outbursts and blurt out whom I have placed on ignore. so I was bothered by another poster and told him that I will place him there. I expect people to disagree with me at times. that's normal. I don't like when people assume the intent of my statements without really reading them. not that I haven't done that. I have. when I see it and im told to stop. I do correct myself.
 
jasonc said:
Im not one to have angry outbursts and blurt out whom I have placed on ignore. so I was bothered by another poster and told him that I will place him there. I expect people to disagree with me at times. that's normal. I don't like when people assume the intent of my statements without really reading them. not that I haven't done that. I have. when I see it and im told to stop. I do correct myself.
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Oh.
 
im going to cool off and try to avoid mentioning that here. I don't want to force this thread to be locked. a fight is what I don't want, and with any fight there are two fighters.
 
jasonc said:
im going to cool off and try to avoid mentioning that here. I don't want to force this thread to be locked. a fight is what I don't want, and with any fight there are two fighters.
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How many of us are brave to admit when we miss it, and tell ourselves to take a time out? I sometimes have to do the same thing Very nicely done Jason


Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, standing firm in the faith, because you know that the family of believers throughout the world is undergoing the same kind of sufferings. 1 Peter 5:8-9. I have to say that i did a poor job (in my personal life) of resisting today, but i believe that as we become a type of family (because we are all believers in the same place) if one feel the pressure we all feel the pressure. May the God of all comfort bring us all much peace!
 
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2 Timothy 2....(NKJV)
24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
26 and that they may come to their senses and escape the snare of the devil, having been taken captive by him to do his will.
 
Mike S said:
What happened? Did I miss something good? :confused

I hope we can disagree - sometimes vigorously - and still be friends.
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No Mike, some of us got catty. Almost as soon as I fell into the trap, i deleted it but I'll bet the staff saw it first. i was wrong and should not ever be pulled that far before repenting of it.
 
One thing that I have found to help me have better control of my temper online is to use a word processor to write my responses then save it and close it for a while while I busy myself with other things and take my mind off what I wrote. Then come back to it and I usually find plenty of things to edit out of my reply before actually posting it online. Sometimes I'll edit it this way more than once. If I respond at the moment I would probably get my share of warning points.

You have no idea how many times I wish I could do this in real life. How great it would be to respond to someone without them hearing it and then set it aside and come back to it later to review it before actually saying it out loud to the other person.
 
WIP said:
One thing that I have found to help me have better control of my temper online is to use a word processor to write my responses then save it and close it for a while while I busy myself with other things and take my mind off what I wrote. Then come back to it and I usually find plenty of things to edit out of my reply before actually posting it online. Sometimes I'll edit it this way more than once. If I respond at the moment I would probably get my share of warning points.

You have no idea how many times I wish I could do this in real life. How great it would be to respond to someone without them hearing it and then set it aside and come back to it later to review it before actually saying it out loud to the other person.
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Alas, we are often too eager to "get back at" the offender immediately.
 
WIP said:
One thing that I have found to help me have better control of my temper online is to use a word processor to write my responses then save it and close it for a while while I busy myself with other things and take my mind off what I wrote. Then come back to it and I usually find plenty of things to edit out of my reply before actually posting it online. Sometimes I'll edit it this way more than once. If I respond at the moment I would probably get my share of warning points.

You have no idea how many times I wish I could do this in real life. How great it would be to respond to someone without them hearing it and then set it aside and come back to it later to review it before actually saying it out loud to the other person.
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The class you show around here show makes me smile....
 
Willie T said:
Alas, we are often too eager to "get back at" the offender immediately.
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I think part of it is that we are having a conversation at the time, not later. So if that person were sitting with you and talking to you would you speak to them with the same words. I can pretty much guarantee most people wouldn't say some of the things that they do. One might even get punched in the nose or one might storm out of the house, never to return, because they were offended. With some people it's like tip toeing through the tulips but if that is what it takes then that is what we should do.

I don't always do this. I have an Irish temper but a long... fuse. At times I have to literally bite my tongue or fingers and pray. In my heart, I don't want to hurt anyone but my flesh can get obnoxious.
 
th1b.taylor said:
No Mike, some of us got catty. Almost as soon as I fell into the trap, i deleted it but I'll bet the staff saw it first. i was wrong and should not ever be pulled that far before repenting of it.
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We've all done something like that...at least most of us have. We just have to determine to be more circumspect in the future, and move on.
 
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