Unfortunately, I don't often see this empowerment happening around me on the contrary I see and hear women using harsh judgment and unkind words just to hurt someone else.
It's extremely discouraging to me to witness women gossip and have a vendetta to destroy another woman's reputation.
Unkind words and sarcasm can really wound someone's self esteem.
Unlike men, women hold on to hurt for longer periods of time. A guy can hear something negative and carry the next day like nothing happen. A girl on the other hand will go through crying and getting upset for a long time before letting go of the hurt.
One thing I have learned is that others will say mean things just to make themselves feel better. By reflecting on someone else's weakness it diverts from ones own weakness.
"A gentle response diverts anger, but a harsh statement incites fury."proverbs 15:1
That is why my friend, I encourage you to release yourself from what has been said about you. Every time someone comes to rub salt on your wound don't give them the opportunity. Forgiveness is something through God that we can acquire but it doesn't come with amnesia where you forget the hurt. Every time someone brings the topic of conversation about someone who has hurt you it brings back the ill feelings of the hurt you felt. I encourage you to be wise and don't give in to old wounds revealing themselves. Place a end to any conversation that you know will bring up hurt.
This is what a true godly friend does when we are upset. Don't get me wrong I'm extremely over protective of my friends especially when they are unjustly being gossiped about but I know if I encourage anger it will only bring down my friend. It will create a prison of anger that will entrap the friend I love and if I believe in empowering other women than it's my duty to release my friend/s from that entrapment.
Proverbs 13:20
"Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools will suffer harm."
Well said. Words of wisdom.
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