Winning the Argument While Losing Your Heart
Sometimes being right can make us blind to what is happening in our own heart. This post looks at pride, truth, humility, and why a clean heart matters more than winning the argument.
Sometimes being right can make us blind to what is happening in our own heart. This post looks at pride, truth, humility, and why a clean heart matters more than winning the argument.
Few things have been more painful in my life than discovering that people were spreading lies about me behind my back. I’ve learned that when someone attacks your character publicly, there is often very little you can do to immediately repair the damage. Words travel fast. Rumors spread quickly. Once a narrative is created, many people accept it as truth without ever asking questions or seeking facts.
Forgiveness does not care what gender you are. This post reflects on pride, pain, bitterness, healing, and learning to release old wounds through the grace and blood of Christ.
I’ve been in love three times in my life: once in high school, once in college, and later with my wife. Today I want to revisit that first love, the one that shattered me in high school.
You forgave them. At least you thought you did. But some wounds don’t stay buried quietly, and forgiveness is rarely as simple as people make it sound.
They moved on like nothing happened. Meanwhile you’re still carrying the weight of what they did.