23. If something really bothered you about me, how would you go about expressing it to me? The way we express our concerns to one another is the issue. Delivery is everything. If you feel attacked, you’ll probably be defensive. Some tend to bottle up their feelings and concerns, but these can accumulate, and often there is a blowup later. Proverbs gives us some guidelines: “A man who refuses to admit his mistakes can never be successful. But if he confesses and forsakes them, he gets another chance” (Proverbs 28:13 TLB). “A word fitly spoken and in due season is like apples of gold in a
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