Drop It & Let It Go
No, I'm not talking about avoiding. Avoiding just postpones conflict, it doesn't resolve it. I'm suggesting that not everything is worth a conflict. The biblical proverb warns, "Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." Look, not everything is a hill to die on especially if your marriage or family is already stressed. If you can be generous with mercy, let it go.
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No, I'm not talking about avoiding. Avoiding just postpones conflict, it doesn't resolve it. I'm suggesting that not everything is worth a conflict. The biblical proverb warns, "Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out." Look, not everything is a hill to die on especially if your marriage or family is already stressed. If you can be generous with mercy, let it go.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and Preparing to Blend. Ron is a licensed marriage and family therapist, popular conference speaker, and host of the FamilyLife Blended podcast. He and his wife, Nan, have three sons and live in Little Rock, Arkansas. Learn more at FamilyLife.com/blended.
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Ron Deal
Ron L. Deal is one of the most widely read and viewed experts on blended families in the country. He is Director of FamilyLife Blended® for FamilyLife®, founder of Smart Stepfamilies™, and the author and Consulting Editor of the Smart Stepfamily Series of books including the bestselling Building Love Together in Blended Families: The 5 Love Languages® and Becoming Stepfamily Smart (with Dr. Gary Chapman), The Smart Stepfamily: 7 Steps to a Healthy Family, and ...more
Sometimes, the best way to avoid a conflict is to just drop it.
Ron: Sometimes, the best way to avoid a conflict is to just drop it.
Announcer: For FamilyLife Blended®, here’s Ron Deal.
Ron: No, I’m not talking about avoiding. Avoiding just postpones conflict, it doesn’t resolve it. I’m suggesting that not everything is worth a conflict. A Jamaican proverb wisely suggests, “Before you marry keep both eyes open; after marriage shut one.” That sounds like the biblical proverb that warns, “Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.”
Look, not everything is a hill to die on especially if your marriage or family is already stressed. If you can be generous with mercy, let it go. Shutting one eye does everyone a favor. For FamilyLife Blended I’m Ron Deal.
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