The Bigger Man
Have you heard the phrase when two opposing sides are having difficulty and one party is told, "You have to be the bigger man?" I confess...I've probably even said something to that effect myself but it really is a hard pill to swallow when you're hearing.
I confess...last night when replying to email I had a knee-jerk reaction to a couple of emails and lost my cool to a person and copied a number of people in my reply. I got a phone call from my 2nd line supervisor and while he didn't tell me he was mad or upset me, he did tell me in so many words that I was the senior leader and I needed to be the bigger person.
After crying about it, getting angry about it, I realized he was right. But more importantly, I realized that I have an example of the "Bigger Man" in our Savior, Jesus Christ.
His love led Him to leave His home to dwell among us, to the cross willing, and to bear sins he did not own.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[b] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
I confess...last night when replying to email I had a knee-jerk reaction to a couple of emails and lost my cool to a person and copied a number of people in my reply. I got a phone call from my 2nd line supervisor and while he didn't tell me he was mad or upset me, he did tell me in so many words that I was the senior leader and I needed to be the bigger person.
After crying about it, getting angry about it, I realized he was right. But more importantly, I realized that I have an example of the "Bigger Man" in our Savior, Jesus Christ.
His love led Him to leave His home to dwell among us, to the cross willing, and to bear sins he did not own.
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only,[b] who came from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14
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