“A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.”

Proverbs 19:11 NIV

“Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense.”

Proverbs 19:11 ESV

“The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger, And his glory is to overlook a transgression.”

Proverbs 19:11 NKJV

“An understanding person demonstrates patience, for mercy means holding your tongue. When you are insulted, be quick to forgive and forget it, for you are virtuous when you overlook an offense.”

Proverbs 19:11 TPT

I have been going through a devotional topical scripture guide that encourages you to pray for your family.

After a recent traumatic family event and good counsel from a close friend and colleague I have realised afresh how vital it is to gather my family together daily to pray around the Word of God.

The first topic in the book interestingly is anger – it is embarrassing to think how much anger is stored up in my children due to me presenting too much anger and frustration in the early days of being a husband and father not knowing how to apply this new found faith.

It truly is only prayer and the Word of God and His Grace that can erode that, that has been seen and learnt. So we are starting our journey now properly!

What a wonderful scripture this is above.

So if we have Godly wisdom it will constrain us to resist the temptation or the pressure to become angry 😡 and vent.

Then I am actually walking in Glory 😇 if I overlook it and don’t react to it!

Wow – I want my children so much to live from Gods glory and not their human frustrations and limitations!

In the way I deal with them and demonstrate conduct before them – there is a lot a lot of value in overlooking certain things – not making mountains out of mole hills. And maybe then they will learn to overlook one another’s transgressions and not cause world war 3 over who was right or who had the extra go!

I’d appreciate your thoughts? Your experiences? And any advice you may like to share!

Let’s all be fathers our children can follow!