A person’s wisdom yields patience;
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

Proverbs 19:11

This is a verse from the last post, one of those that shows something that is not proper for a person who wishes to obtain wisdom and understanding. It is a bit tricky in that, unlike the others in the list, it shows the undesirable trait by using the positive.

It takes some maturity, some wisdom, to have enough patience to overlook an offense, but not ever doing so is surely a sign that our quest for wisdom and understanding is a failure.  With that said, if we change our perspective from the Old Testament sphere into that of the New Testament, we will recognize that we have been commanded by our Lord to forgive one another; it is not merely a suggestion.

Our proverb tells us that overlooking an offense is our glory. Why would that be? Some people might say that overlooking offenses is a sign of weakness and offend even more. Would that be glorious for us?

A couple of things come to mind: First, where we are weak, God is strong. Second, when we forgive (overlook an offense) we are behaving the way Jesus behaved, even when it is hard. There is glory in that all right, and our offenders will be brought very low indeed.

Our Lord has our back: Always.

Glorious!