Today’s Blog: Thrown anyone under the bus lately?

TODAY’S PROVERB: Argue your case with your associate, without betraying another’s confidence, or the one who hears it will shame you, and you will never lose your bad reputation. Proverbs 25:9-10, TLV

For most of my life, I had a real problem. Because of my deeply rooted insecurities, I needed to be right. Craved being right. Being wrong meant — to me — that I was stupid and somehow bad, unacceptable. I would do anything to be right, even when I was wrong. So, I did a lot of arguing and quibbling. Which didn’t make for a peaceful environment around me.

A while back, the Holy Spirit used today’s proverb to open my eyes to this problem. I was throwing a lot of poor souls under the bus. It was a “YIKES!” moment.

The first time I muttered, with great difficulty, “Oh. I think you may be right.” was a turning point.

The writer of this proverb actually places a moral priority of trustworthiness and integrity above being right. Or rather, attempting to prove we are right. If we have agreed to keep a confidence, it’s not ours to do with as we please. We are merely stewards.

That can be a dilemma if this information is the only proof of our being right, or innocent, isn’t it?

In my life, I have betrayed confidences to save myself. I have thrown others under the bus to save my hide. Horrible, I know. Today, even though it might be a battle to master my tongue when arguing my “case,” it is a battle worth fighting.

Have you struggled like me? In the quest for being right, others have suffered? There are no easy shortcuts. It will be difficult with plenty of tongue-biting, but the results are worth it.

May our trustworthiness be true, even under fire, my friends.

Proverbs 25:9-10 Tree of Life Version – TLV, #tlvbible, #tlvproverbs

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