As a kid, in children's church there were always songs we'd sing.
"March them up the hill, and he marched them down again.
When you're up, you're up. When you're down, you're down..."
Some of you have no idea what I'm talking about.
There's a time for us to sit. Be quite, and not say a word.
Taking everything that's being said or happening.
Because, if you do say something you know it will make the situation even worse than it already is.
Then, there's a time for us to stand. Maybe, you still will be silent and walk away. Or you'll hit your breaking point where you just can't take it anymore, and freak out a little.
The hardest thing is not knowing which to do at the right time.
Sitting, listening, and trying to keep your cool. It's not an easy task. Especially when you have all these feelings built up that you're trying to push down. If someone is walking all over you, that's not the time to sit and listen. That's the time to stand up and walk away.
Three questions you need to ask yourself when issues like these pop up.
1. Is it true?
2. Is it resolving anything?
3. Is it hurting me or the other person?
Standing up and walking away is hard. Especially for me. I personally just like everything to be sunshine and rainbows all the time. I like everything to be settled. I like the peace of knowing everything is fine. But, everything isn't fine all the time. That's life.
There's a time to sit and stay, and a time to walk away.
Don't let your emotions over rule what you know is right.
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another. - Galatians 5:15
Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, that which is good to use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. - Ephesians 4:29