Buried Non-Treasure

Proverbs 17:9 (KJV) He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

As I read this today, it came to mind how certain people in my life tend to keep bringing up past failures, or imagined past failures.

It’s bad enough when the things that get thrown at you from the past are true.  I think we all know we have failed.  We know that we have not had perfect lives.  There comes a time when we need to get beyond that and move on.  Throwing our old failures at us doesn’t help us at all.

How about when the mud being thrown at you just doesn’t stick to the wall?  I think we all go through this to where we are accused of things that we did not do, attitudes we did not have or thoughts that we didn’t think.  What do we do then?  I guess that puts us in a position where we should be the one seeking love.  Maybe a better way of saying it is expressing love.  Keep in mind that the first word describing love in first Corinthians is patience or long-suffering.

So?  Be the one that demonstrates that kind of behavior God wants.  Sure there will be people that like to throw them out at you, but your place in God’s economy is not to return the favor but to let it lie and move on.