If everyone could all live by these words, they could have more productive dialogue: “let every man be swift to hear, slow to speak, slow to wrath; for the wrath of man does not produce the righteousness of God” (the book of James 1:19-20). Unfortunately, people fail to respond in conversation according to this directive, and the conversation fails.
James also talks about asking for wisdom—if you lack it—and God will give it (James 1:5). This directive on how to respond is wisdom in itself, but there are a lot of tough issues--especially today-- of which we are faced, and it is hard to know how to respond to them.
We should pray for wisdom on how to respond to the issues. You should seek to be the person God wants you to be. That directive from the book of James is definitely wisdom on how God wants us to be. It's especially tough today with so much change in society and how people think about and respond to things.
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