I recently stepped away from a series of intense online discussions. I wanted to share a lesson I learned, not about winning a debate, but about the true nature of conflict and the peace I choose to protect.
When I shared my most personal testimony, that I was saved from suicide through prayer, and the truth of that experience was met not with empathy, but with intellectual mockery. The only thing that truly matters is that I am still alive today, and yet, that life saving truth was treated as irrelevant.
I have found that a conversation becomes futile when we lack a shared foundation for truth. My entire worldview is based on the truth of Scripture others operate upon a very different premises. Without that foundation, all we get is frustration.
The scripture asks us to look at the fruits of a tree to know its nature. If a discussion produces bitterness, cynical mockery, and verbal abuse, those are the thistles and thorns of a broken way of life. It’s uncouth behavior, and I had to ask myself... Does shooting someone down and getting pleasure from it actually bring peace to the heart? The answer is no.
I know the pain that drives that kind of cynicism because I used to be exactly like that. I once lived that way, carrying the heavy burden of bitterness. But my Saviour gave me an incredible gift, the chance to live and the gift of peace.
I am choosing to guard the peace I was given. I believe every single person is important because God loves them, and my concern is for those being harmed by self-destructive ideas. I know there is a better path, a path of grace.
If you are carrying the burden of anger and cynicism, I pray that you find the same freedom I found. I have chosen peace, and I wish the same for you. I pray that you too will seek and find that peace.
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