“Having the Last Word…”

Have you ever heard anyone say that… “Well, I got in the last word!”

“Having the last word” in a dispute or quarrel doesn’t mean “you won.” Proverbs 15:1 says, “A soft answer turneth away wrath: but grievous words stir up anger.”

It is human nature to want to say, “Well, I got the last word in.” That doesn’t mean you have solved the problem. It doesn’t even mean “you were right.”

It just means you “poured gasoline on the wound.”

Even if you are talking to someone who hates you, if you leave them with a “soft word,” it not only turns away wrath but leaves them defenseless! That’s when Jesus “takes it from there!”

We love you.

Sherry