JUST THINKING:
For you to have a whole view of the situation and take a good decision or position, you need to hear, listen and understand the other person's side of the story. Don't take a decision in the face of conflicts without getting the full story.
There are times we are called to judge a situation between two parties but we give wrong judgement after listening to one party. As an independent Judge, you are not supposed to be swayed, influenced and deceived by the emotions of one party. Many times the first person's side of the story is always touching and could be deceiving until you hear the other person's side of it. Half truth is not the whole truth and it could be deceiving.
Proverbs 18:17 NKJV says, "The first one to plead his cause seems right, until his neighbor comes and examines him".
Proverbs 18:17 EASY says, "Two men may argue with each other. The first man will seem right until the second man speaks".
Furthermore, in the cause of interacting with people, there will be arguments, misunderstandings and conflicts. Conflicts is a fact in human interactions. If you know this, you will learn how to manage people and their actions. The way you handle and manage conflicts makes you grow personally.
You cannot live in isolation no matter what people have done and the decisions you have made. You need people to fellowship with, live with and interact with. There are things, character, understanding and wisdom you will never develop if you are not interacting with people. However, the Spirit of Grace helps you to handle conflicts through wisdom, insights, understanding and openness of heart.
Proverbs 15:1 NCV says, "A gentle answer will calm a person’s anger, but an unkind answer will cause more anger".
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