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As the saying goes, little as much

when God is in it. Today's episode is for anyone who's blown it accidentally with an I

didn't mean it that way type of statement. It happens, and when it does, there will be drama.

The key is to make it a short drama.

Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.

Francie is an author, conference speaker, and teacher. She is passionate about teaching

what to do with what we learn from God's Word. Now back to today's

valuable study. How can we keep something from blowing up into a bigger problem? Well, there

are some things we need to realize along with some practices we can employ so that we're

not adding salt to the wounds. We already know that an apology is in order when we've said something

that hurt another person, but there's more that we can do. Let's consider three things to remember

when you've said something that has gotten you into trouble. First, don't settle into an angry spirit.

Prideful anger will not solve any problem. It only creates new ones while keeping us stuck in the

ditch of unproductive arrogance. Ecclesiastes 7.9 tells us this. Be not hasty in thy spirit to be angry,

for anger resteth in the bosom of fools.

It's foolish to get angry with a person after we've been the ones to offend them.

Well, they just need to get over it, we may think, but timing and the pace of forgiveness is not up to us.

The pace of asking for forgiveness is the part that we control.

It's unreasonable to expect people to be fine when we've heard them. Scripture tells us that this kind of hasty anger is a mark of a fool. Don't get angry when you have a run-in with someone that

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