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indianabob:
Folks,

Everything on this section of the forum is "light hearted" and is intended to fill our day with joy.
So what is heavy hearted about being careful to speak with clarity and a distinct voice?
The poets of old entertained us with verse and were careful with their beautiful words.
Kindly offered, Indiana Bob

1 Corinthians 13

Love Is the Greatest

13 If I could speak all the languages of earth and of angels, but didn’t love others, I would only be a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. 2 If I had the gift of prophecy, and if I understood all of God’s secret plans and possessed all knowledge, and if I had such faith that I could move mountains, but didn’t love others, I would be nothing. 3 If I gave everything I have to the poor and even sacrificed my body, I could boast about it;[a] but if I didn’t love others, I would have gained nothing.

4 Love is patient and kind. Love is not jealous or boastful or proud 5 or rude. It does not demand its own way. It is not irritable, and it keeps no record of being wronged. 6 It does not rejoice about injustice but rejoices whenever the truth wins out. 7 Love never gives up, never loses faith, is always hopeful, and endures through every circumstance.

8 Prophecy and speaking in unknown languages and special knowledge will become useless. But love will last forever! 9 Now our knowledge is partial and incomplete, and even the gift of prophecy reveals only part of the whole picture! 10 But when the time of perfection comes, these partial things will become useless.

11 When I was a child, I spoke and thought and reasoned as a child. But when I grew up, I put away childish things. 12 Now we see things imperfectly, like puzzling reflections in a mirror, but then we will see everything with perfect clarity.[c] All that I know now is partial and incomplete, but then I will know everything completely, just as God now knows me completely.

13 Three things will last forever—faith, hope, and love—and the greatest of these is love.

onelovedread:
My beloved brother,
Poets are well, .... poets  :) - 'wordsmiths'.   ;)
Many of us are just regular 'joes' with varying levels of learning and skill in language.
It's already difficult to arrange one's thoughts and you have to be brave to express your views in a thread.
If we in addition, start policing grammar, how many would-be posters might we totally discourage?
Just sayin'

indianabob:
Alright my friends, I take your point and will retreat from my friendly advice.

My thought had been that all of us on the forum are here to learn and improve our skills in communication. I certainly have had to do that. We do I believe offer to advise others of our acquaintance that their grasp of the Bible may be a little skewed from what God intended the Bible to teach. We mostly offer this advice in love and for their good, not to build up our own reputations. Isn't that the purpose of the forum?

So with that in mind I thought to offer some interesting and helpful information from a recognized authority rather than commenting in my own words. I did after all stumble upon this article while looking for something else. No fault finding intended.

Sorry that the article seemed unfriendly or unnecessarily critical to present on the forum.

The intent of my heart was according to scripture as far as I understand.  :) Peace to all.

Hebrews 12:11
King James Version (KJV)
11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous: nevertheless afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby.

walt123:
Hello,all

After reading this post,this came to mind.

1 Corinthians 9:19-23
Living Bible (TLB)
19 And this has a real advantage: I am not bound to obey anyone just because he pays my salary; yet I have freely and happily become a servant of any and all so that I can win them to Christ. 20 When I am with the Jews I seem as one of them so that they will listen to the Gospel and I can win them to Christ. When I am with Gentiles who follow Jewish customs and ceremonies I don’t argue, even though I don’t agree, because I want to help them. 21 When with the heathen I agree with them as much as I can, except of course that I must always do what is right as a Christian. And so, by agreeing, I can win their confidence[a] and help them too.

22 When I am with those whose consciences bother them easily, I don’t act as though I know it all and don’t say they are foolish; the result is that they are willing to let me help them. Yes, whatever a person is like, I try to find common ground with him so that he will let me tell him about Christ and let Christ save him. 23 I do this to get the Gospel to them and also for the blessing I myself receive when I see them come to Christ.

WALT.

indianabob:
Hi Walt,
Thanks for your message. That is good advice to follow. Much appreciated.  ;D
Along similar lines of thought here is a forward from a friend that may fit the situation.
Bob
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When I was a kid, my Grandma liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then. And I remember one night in particular when she had made breakfast after a long, hard day.
 
On that evening so long ago, she had placed a plate of eggs, sausage and extremely burned biscuits in front of my Granddad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed!
 
Yet all my Granddad did was reach for his biscuit, smile at my Grandma and ask me how my day was at school. I don't remember what I told him that night but I do remember watching him smear butter and jelly on that ugly burned biscuit. He ate every bite of that thing... never made a face nor uttered a word about it!
 
When I got up from the table that evening, I remember hearing my Grandma apologize to my Granddad for burning the biscuits. And I'll never forget what he said: "Honey, I love burned biscuits every now and then."
 
Later that night, I went to kiss Grandaddy good night and I asked him if he really liked his biscuits burned.  He wrapped me in his arms and said, "Your Grandma put in a hard day of work today and she's real tired. And besides a little burned biscuit never hurt anyone!"
 
As I've grown older, I've thought about that many times. Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. I'm not the best at anything, and I forget birthdays and anniversaries just like everyone else.
 
But what I've learned over the years is that learning to accept each other's faults, and choosing to celebrate each other's differences, is one of the most important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship.
 
And that's my prayer for you today...that you will learn to take the good, the bad, and the ugly parts of your life and lay them at the feet of God. Because in the end, He's the only One who will be able to give you a relationship where a burnt biscuit isn't a deal-breaker!
 
We could extend this to any relationship. In fact, understanding is the base of any relationship, be it a husband-wife or parent-child or friendship!
 
So, please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burned one will do just fine.
 
And PLEASE pass this along to someone who has enriched your life. Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
 

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