Many years of friendship only need a thoughtless word to destroy it.

Many years of friendship only need a thoughtless word to destroy it...

It will never be the same again.

                                    

~When people are big and God is small

As a counselor I have reminded many Christians that a person is their enemy. Usually people did not want to hear it, but it was true. Even worst, many of these enemies were friends or family.

Psalm 55:12-14

New Living Translation (NLT)

¹² It is not an enemy who taunts me—

    I could bear that.

It is not my foes who so arrogantly insult me—

    I could have hidden from them.

¹³ Instead, it is you—my equal,

    my companion and close friend.

¹⁴ What good fellowship we once enjoyed

    as we walked together to the house of God.

Matthew 5:22

New American Standard Bible (NASB)

²² But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother shall be ^[a]guilty before ^(A)the court; and whoever says to his brother, ‘^[b]You good-for-nothing,’ shall be ^[c]guilty before ^[d](B)the supreme court; and whoever says, ‘You fool,’ shall be ^[e]guilty enough to go into the ^[f](C)fiery hell.

James 1:19-20

New Living Translation (NLT)

¹⁹ Understand this, my dear brothers and sisters: You must all be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to get angry. ²⁰ Human anger^[a] does not produce the righteousness^[b] God desires.

James 1:26

New Living Translation (NLT)

²⁶ If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless.

Colossians 3:13

New Living Translation (NLT)

¹³ Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others.