Forgiveness

O.K. I got a whipping from God today at the jail. An inmate who had confronted me last week in study about "a" in John 1:1 being in the Jehovah's Witness Bible, calling Jesus "a" god instead of God, said that I was trashing Catholics and Jews as well as her and her family of Jehovah's Witnesses even though she was a Christian. With help from Sue, the issue was semi-resolved, and I asked the inmate's forgiveness if I had offended her. Not sure if she forgave me, but she said she'll be back to Bible Study. The other inmates in the study group were pretty quiet for awhile, then we finished the lesson and one of the ladies got saved. PTL! But anyway, I always ask God (after I calm down) what He was trying to teach me out of this mess. I called Denise and got her input. She said it was good she wasn't there so I could handle it on my own, which is true, but painful. And got input from Shirlee who suggested that we who like to talk a lot sometimes have to ask God to put a guard on our mouth so we only say what the people in the study need to hear. That was good advice. I always have trouble with my mouth. Now what I said last week and this week was all true, but was it necessary? I don't think it was. So I said to the ladies that Scripture was all true, and they had to choose for themselves if what I said was true. More good advice! Scripture never fails.