My 15 Acres

 

One of the problems I have today

I think one of the problems I have today is that many men don’t know how to be men. I’m used to a man standing up, giving you a firm handshake, and looking you square in the eye. If a man had a problem with you, he could still look you in the eye and tell you what it was. You could sit down and hash it out. You might not resolve it that day, but if you couldn’t work it out overtime, you could agree to disagree and still be friends.

Today’s men have become too passive-aggressive, unwilling to sit down and work things out. And if they do manage to muster the nerve to sit down and talk, they’re not bold enough to tell you what they really think, nor are they bold enough to listen to what you have to say and give it thoughtful consideration.

There are times when you may not want to discuss certain topics which is ok, we can just agree to disagree. But if that's the case do not talk about the topic, let it drop and don't be passive aggressive with your comments.

I have on several occasions, changed my mind when someone has given me a rational and scriptural reason. Now, I might not tell them right away, but they would figure it out quickly.

Sometimes I think we need to remember Paul Opposes Peter “I said to Cephas before them all,”

Galatians 2:11-14 (ESV)
But when Cephas came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he stood condemned. For before certain men came from James, he was eating with the Gentiles; but when they came he drew back and separated himself, fearing the circumcision party. And the rest of the Jews acted hypocritically along with him, so that even Barnabas was led astray by their hypocrisy. But when I saw that their conduct was not in step with the truth of the gospel, I said to Cephas before them all, “If you, though a Jew, live like a Gentile and not like a Jew, how can you force the Gentiles to live like Jews?”