2Pe 1:5 And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge;
2Pe 1:6 And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness;
2Pe 1:7 And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity.
2Pe 1:8 For if these things be in you, and abound, they make
you that ye shall neither
be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.
2Pe 1:9 But he that lacketh these things is blind, and cannot see afar off, and hath forgotten that he was purged from his old sins.
I don't know why humans (some) enjoy confrontation.
I never been one to want to participate in them.
Whether face to face or otherwise.
Most of the posts I write are generic in nature, unless someone is speaking to me directly, I speak to everyone equally.
Very rarely do I take things people say personally, again, unless it's directed at me.
Body language, facial expressions, eye contact are really important in some cases. You don't always know if the person is serious or being sarcastic, or if they're just playing with you.
I try to give everyone the benefit of the doubt. That they are not so much attacking me as they are trying to make a point.
Sometimes I read a post a few times, before I reply, trying to understand the tone of the post.
Sometimes it's down right rude and condenscending.
Attack the post not the poster... but sometimes they are both in the same.
I've been working on not letting my emotions rule my responses.
Just because someone is being nasty doesn't mean I have to be a partaker of that.
This forum is a good forum. It's not toxic like some I been in.
I believe most people here try their best to be civil even in heated debates.
I think the longer your here, the more you get to know eachother, you learn people's characters.
But if your just passing by or occasionally drop in, you only really see the surface of what's being written.
It's funny, because I feel I know most of you more than I know my own dad.
He drops by on ocassion, stays a couple days, I may not see him for months, even though I talk to him every night on the phone.
He is so unpredictable. I always feel like ... not really sure where a conversation may lead.
He likes to be confrontational. I don't.
Everyone here has a unique character. And I find it most enjoyable getting to know those characters.
Most I know by the avatar. And some are very well chosen. The messages match the image in some ways.
If I'm about to say something I may regret later, I look at that avatar and think.. I know you. I don't want to say something that might hurt you.
I don't know how many posts I've written and erased and rewritten, just to get the words right so they don't offend.
It's not that easy.
Because it's not always what you write but how it is received. And we don't have control over how others take what we write.
All I can suggest is, try to get to know the other person. Listen with the heart. Be pleasant to the best of your ability.
Giving all diligence...
diligence:
2Pe 1:10 Wherefore the rather, brethren, give diligence to make your calling and election sure: for if ye do these things, ye shall never fall:
Diligence:
spoudázō, spoo-dad'-zo; from
G4710; to use speed, i.e. to make effort, be prompt or earnest:—do (give) diligence, be diligent (forward), endeavour, labour, study.
make an effort.. to be the best that you can be.
I like that word..diligence
:)
God Bless this family
HUGS