Drop It & Let It Go
No, I'm not talking about avoiding. Avoiding just postpones conflict, it doesn't resolve it. I'm suggesting that not everything is worth a conflict. The biblical proverb warns, "Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." Look, not everything is a hill to die on especially if your marriage or family is already stressed. If you can be generous with mercy, let it go.
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No, I'm not talking about avoiding. Avoiding just postpones conflict, it doesn't resolve it. I'm suggesting that not everything is worth a conflict. The biblical proverb warns, "Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." Look, not everything is a hill to die on especially if your marriage or family is already stressed. If you can be generous with mercy, let it go.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
Sometimes, the best way to avoid a conflict is to just drop it.
Ron: Sometimes, the best way to avoid a conflict is to just drop it.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: No, I’m not talking about avoiding. Avoiding just postpones conflict, it doesn’t resolve it. I’m suggesting that not everything is worth a conflict. A Jamaican proverb wisely suggests, “Before you marry keep both eyes open; after marriage shut one.” That sounds like the biblical proverb that warns, “Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.”
Look, not everything is a hill to die on especially if your marriage or family is already stressed. If you can be generous with mercy, let it go. Shutting one eye does everyone a favor. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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