Choosing Connection Over Offense

11/10/24

Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. — Proverbs 17:9 (NIV)

A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense. — Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)

Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you— for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. — Ecclesiastes 7:21–22 (NIV)

There’s a difference between an offense and a heartbreak: 
An offense is having your feelings hurt; 
a heartbreak is having your soul crushed.

Healthy friendships promote love by covering offenses and then choosing to let them go.

9 Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. — Proverbs 17:9 (NIV)

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense. — Proverbs 19:11 (NIV)

21 Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you— 22 for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others. — Ecclesiastes 7:21–22 (NIV)

…[love] keeps no record of wrongs. — 1 Corinthians 13:5 (NIV)

Healthy friendships promote love by covering offenses and then choosing to let them go.