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Proverbs!

Hatred stirs up strife, 
but love covers all offenses.
Proverbs 10:12 ESV

My tendency is to look at someone else and point this Proverb at them:
"Don't be so upset - love covers everything"
"You have to let this go - the Bible says so".
But that doesn't line up with the story of the Bible at all. God held people to account, Jesus did too, just read his warning in Matthew 18 toward those who harm children.
So if Proverbs is not a weapon to weild against others but a mirror to look at our own heart, I'm wondering where I am stirring up strife?
For me it can be envy.
That stirs up an internal strife.
Regret.
Grief.
And how does Love speak to those things?
How does Love speak to me?
Even where the offense is against me, what does Eternal Unfailing Love say to me even in that?
Perhaps this Proverb while starting small invites us back into the Big Story that we are held safely in. 
The Story where my offence towards God is absorbed by Eternal Unfailing Love.
#proverbs 
#wisdom
#somethingtochewon #itsaheartthing 
#weareBeloved 

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