Be Still And Know

Proverbs 25.20 NLT 'Singing cheerful songs to a person with a heavy heart is like taking someone’s coat in cold weather or pouring vinegar in a wound.' Ouch! This is a painful proverb because the fact is that we all have the capacity to be insensitive. Singing cheerful songs is obviously a lovely thing to do but to impose this on someone who is depressed is the very last thing that we should ever do. It’s certain that we can all be insensitive. We can all do the wrong thing. We can all say things that are inappropriate and act in a way that we later realise was extremely unhelpful. So the question we need to ask is, “How can we avoid getting it so agonisingly wrong?” Let’s begin with humility! We need to be aware of our capacity to get things wrong. The truth is that we are always learners in the area of human relationships. Am I the only person who has called another person by the wrong name? Probably not! It’s horribly embarrassing – particularly if you have known them for a long time. They are humbling