Originally Posted by Tom
Sometimes the most loving thing to do is to confront. It is not always easy to know how we should approach it either. Someone who is open to rebuke and correction will take what is said and learn from it. Others will say something like; who are you to judge me, we are not supposed to judge. In other words they are trying to justify their actions, by acting like the offended.

It really does require a lot of prayer, discernment, and spiritual "guts" to do what the Bible says on this issue of reproof/forgiveness/repentance. It would really be a lot "easier" just to let things go, but then there would not be a full restoration of the relationship.



Tom F.