What could you let go of, for the sake of harmony?

If your sister asked you to go shopping with her to buy a new dress for a date a weekend back when you were teenagers, she was asking you to come for advice. She saw a dress she liked , looked at you for approval, you didn’t approve. She ignored your expression on your face and went into the dressing room so she could try it on.

You were standing outside of the booth when she walked out to show you. When you saw it on her, it looked a lot different than it did on the hanger. For it was 3 inches too short to be safe to wear if she had to bend down to pick anything up off of the floor. It would only be good for a pretty top with pants.

“Dad will not allow you out of the house with a short dress like that. And you know it. ” You tell her.

“I will see for myself. ” The sister said to the elder sister. Annoyed, she bought it anyway and later proved her sister right as she returned the dress for a longer and modest dress.

Ephesians 4:31

“Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice:”

King James Version (KJV)

I was in a similar situation but with a friend going out on a first date. She was annoyed with me for giving my opinion, but saying what she didn’t want to hear.

But she didn’t take the dress back. She wore it on that date and regretted doing so.

That dress caused a lot of issues for her. It was not quite right in the style, fit and fabric to wear on a first date to impress a true Christian male. Well as how it worked out the dress’s fabric and the zipper didn’t like each other. They were not unified! LOL! The zipper was one of those that had plastic teeth that became misaligned and could not be worn unless a new zipper was put into it.

She wound up wearing another dress she wore to church a couple of months ago that was very pretty. I think the thing with her was that she wanted to wear something that he never saw her wear before. But when she finally was on the date with this young man, he told her that was the very dress that got his attention that he liked seeing her in! Wow!

You know when we listen to our good God-fearing Dads it is a win-win situation. He told her that dress was not right, and she found out the hard way. She was angry with her Dad for telling her the truth. She was hardheaded at the time. But as the time passed and she was eventually married to her man she had looked back and laughed at herself. A bad situation with her dress choice was made good when her date with her young man confirmed it!

She forgave her Dad and me, she saw we were right.

Mark 11:25

“And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”

King James Version (KJV)

Peace and blessings!