Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam;
so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
If a dam is breached, can you control the flood or stop the flowing water at will? Usually not, for the water will breach and collapse the dam, and the flood will have unimagined and out of control destructive consequences. A quarrel can be the same way, for once we start, so much is immediately out of our control, no matter how smart we might think we are. Unintended consequences start breaking out; sometimes in places we wouldn’t have suspected… a minor little quarrel becomes a complete disaster. A wise person knows this and avoids starting it; an overconfident person thinks he can control events and goes ahead anyway: A fool starts a quarrel without even thinking.
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Dang it. Guilty as charged. Nice job Don I think
You aren’t alone Wally
Yeah and that’s the problem combine two people like that and there you go. Can’t have a quarrel with just one
True, very true
The Bible says that we should put it first in our lives (Matt. 6:33) and that we should be preaching it to others (Luke 9:2). We pray for God’s kingdom to come on a regular basis, but if someone were to ask us: “Please, explain to me exactly what the Kingdom of God is”, would we know what to say? Read more: https://faithandencouragement.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/what-is-the-kingdom-of-god/
Thanks for the tip. I’d have to say that we surely should know what to say!
A great reminder! Thanks for writing.
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One dam thing leads to another, and you,d best be a great swimmer!