Business and the Bible (part 8)Copyrighted, written and edited byLara Velez of Moms of Faith (momsoffaith.com),Rachel Lower of Christian Mommies (christian-mommies.com)By the grace of GodMake AmendsProverbs 10:12 Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions.R: Being slow to anger and forgiving others (70x7 times or more if need be!) are both major Christian virtues. However, it is very easy to slip into defense mode when we feel our livliehood is under attack. Our tongue can take command. Everything can spiral out of control. Proverbs 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city;and contentions are as the bars of a palace.2 Out of 3 people (my estimation) won't react kindly to a riled up reply, even if it seems to you like you didn't cut into them. If you wrote it out of anger, the anger probably noticably crept in. “A soft answer turneth away fury” (15:1) applies in most cases. You must carefully guard your tongue, or fingers in … [Read more...]