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Proverbs chapter 19 verse 11 good sense makes one slow to anger and it is his glory to overlook an offense.

So think about that, meditate on that.

Good sense makes one slow to anger and it is his glory to overlook an

offense. So think about the first part good sense makes one slow to anger.

We are so prone in our lives to be quick to anger,

but wisdom causes us to be slow to anger, to not jump to anger as an emotion.

We need God's grace to be slow to anger.

We think about our reactions to things around us, to circumstances around us, to people around us, how often we can be quick to anger, how short we can be with our fuse, with our temper, to jump to anger.

So good sense makes one slow to anger. And then this phrase, it is his glory to overlook an offense.

It is good, glorious, in a sense, to see an offense to be even offended and to have the ability to

overlook that to say hey I, I've seen something here that should cause me in one sense to be angry,

or should bring offense to me, but I'm going to overlook that in love.

I'm going to care for that person, I'm going to not react with quick

anger, I'm going to overlook that offense and that is a glorious thing to do in many circumstances.

I'm not saying and Proverbs is not saying here that whenever someone offends you

you should just overlook it. That's not the way proverbs work, but this

proverb is saying that sometimes it is wise when you are offended to say in

wisdom I'm going to overlook that I'm not going to jump to

anger about that. Oh this this does not come naturally we need God's grace to be slow to anger and to overlook offenses when

that's appropriate so God we pray for your help in this. We need your help. We pray today for good sense that makes

us slow to anger. Lord, we know that we may experience this or that and people around us, kids around us,

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