Part
2: Give Attention To Your Advice. By Wes
Garland Sometimes, I believe that we can forget
that the youth is a different age than us and they don’t have the knowledge
that we have now. When this happens, we tend to handle our youth in a way, as
we would for someone who is the same age we are. In doing this, we can
sometimes come off as being harsh, demeaning, and outright rude. When we don’t
take into consideration their age, experience, and situation we can cause harm
to them rather than good and help. This is true in dealing with anyone, our age
or not! But most importantly, these youth are so impressionable, and they take
advice differently. Because this is the case, we need to step back, be patient,
and if we see something that needs to be advised, then do so in a HELPFUL way
rather than a way that is going to cause worse things to happen. May we remember
the words of Solomon in Proverbs 25:11 “A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold
in settings of silver.” We are called to instruct and guide the younger. We see
this in Titus 2:1-7. May we remember these words, whether we are speaking to
people our own age, older, or younger, THE WAY YOU SAY SOMETHING IS AS
IMPORTANT AS THE WORDS THAT YOU SAY! If we take this to heart and change our
approach, we can do BETTER for everyone, especially our youth! Remember that you were their age. How would you like to have been confronted
at that age? DO THAT!
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