For The Win :: Gentle > Harsh

For the Win Week 1 : Gentle > Harsh

Whitewater Rafting — Gentle > Harsh.
Have you ever been whitewater rafting? It’s a blast. You jump in a boat with your friends and make your way down a river, laughing and splashing along the way. But there’s also something terrifying that can happen—rapids. There are places in every river where something stirs up the water and if you aren’t careful, you and your friends can be headed for disaster. You don’t have to be in a boat to feel that way with your friends. Maybe this sounds familiar. Things are going fine. Everyone is happy. Then your friendship hits some rapids. There’s drama. And if we aren’t careful, sometimes our responses create more problems than before. But what else can we do? King Solomon, the author of Proverbs, tells us we have another option when it comes to conflict with those closest to us. And while his words don’t guarantee we’ll never see rapids in our friendships, they do help us steer around them and find our way to calmer waters.

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