Sometimes in the midst of repeated conflict we focus on the other person and forget to examine what it is we might be doing to contribute to the 'war like' atmosphere. The Canaanite woman in Matthew 15:21-28 comes to mind her first approach to Jesus,awarded her silence, the second a form of rebuke...she never faltered though,why? in the silence and in his rebuke she identified her role in what had caused Jesus to react to her in that manner. Had she been oblivious to her role,she might have taken an offended stance or given up but because she knew she had wronged along with her people, she humbled herself and continued to press for common ground and recieved a reward in the form of an answered request.
Examine yourself...often you are contributor to that which happens to you.
Examine yourself...often you are contributor to that which happens to you.
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