I won’t share the experiences that prompted these lessons learned, but they are mine and maybe one will be helpful to you today.
Don’t forget to season your opinions with love for others.
You can love your opinions too much. These monuments to your “wisdom” and experience can be like idols, blinding you to the greater truths and realities that are all around you. Many truths can only be found through empathy and understanding for others and a willingness to obey God’s will.
When we speak out from a place of emotional pain or anger, it is easy to lose empathy and compassion, because these feelings draw us into ourselves. Anger and pain are part of life, but God is the best one to sort out these feelings with.
What will it matter that I made my point, if I lose a portion of my capacity to love in the process?