28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends. Proverbs 16:28
I can think of a lot of things that are perverse in this world, and there is nothing more challenging in life than those people who try to stir up conflict among the people they are around. We saw a lot of conflict being stirred up with the most recent elections of government officials, but even today there are people stirring up conflict with the holidays coming up. Do you ever think about that one person inside the family or outside who makes the holiday season miserable because they stir up a conflict so big that it sucks the life out of the season where we are supposed to focus on our Savior? I know that that in our gift giving frenzy of a season, we are so obsessed with that perfect gift to give and for some to receive, that we forget about the greatest gift that was provided over 2000 years ago, and that is the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. So, avoid the gossip, avoid the negative people and focus on the one true gift that has given and continues to give even after we turn our back. Show by example of what it is like to not be perverse. Turn back to Him this Holiday season and see what difference that makes.
Have a great weekend.
Matt
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