We come...eventually...to understand, to realize, that it is the grace of God that heals our hurt hearts...that solely through our mental efforts we will never find forgiveness, love and/or peace.
Grace is a gift, and we never know when we will be gifted or what the gift may be. That is why we have spiritual principles to guide us, to help us live in common courtesy at least...and at best...until grace melts our hearts...which may not happen until three days after we're dead.
We learn when a human relationship goes awry, we must be the first to extend peace...with courtesy and love. Learning and doing are two different things, but failing to do what we learn is a guarantee of misery within that we cannot contain...it will shed without and all over completely innocent people. That's the "it rains on the just and the unjust alike" principle, I'm guessing. Our job is to learn to rain courtesy and love.
The vital piece in being the first to extend such is to give the other person something to stand on...so he walks away without regret or resentment, and we have remained true to our own principles. This is win-win.
In the end, what if she believes she was right? What does that cost us, really? Another chip off our ego is all which is never ever a bad thing.
There. That is exactly why we require God in our lives. Ego-chipping is impossible to the unaided self. And an unchipped ego will drive us to ruin.
Thank you.
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