I have, what some people call, a contentious disposition. I rarely ever take anything at face value. I’m always skeptical of everything, and I actively search for the other side in almost every issue. Except of course, the proper way to put the toilet paper on the holder. There can be no discussion on this point. It is the most black and white issue in all humanity. In all other cases there are two sides to every issue.
This can make me a bit argumentative. Just ask my husband. I love a good discussion/argument. As long as it doesn’t get nasty. I don’t like to engage in angry disputes. I like rigorous discussion but not nasty confrontation.
But there is always a risk when you have a disposition like mine that you can be quick to defend your point, not because it matters but because you like to win. I have learned, through experience to temper this desire. The biggest teacher is learning just how many ways you can be wrong, even when you are sure you are right. If you haven’t been in this position then, well… maybe you aren’t looking hard enough.
Learning to humble myself and listen and be slow to react, has been the work of a lifetime. Maybe by the time I get to my eighties I’ll have figured it out.
James 1: 19-20 My dear brothers and sisters, take note of this:
Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry,
because human anger does not produce the righteousness that God desires.
Roberta Writes 