The More You Stir Manure

[Dave M]

Dad had some catchy phrases on how to live life better.

Here is one I have never forgotten: The more you stir manure, the more it stinks.

Dad was counseling me about what to do when someone causes constant agitation and disagreement. You debate the problem endlessly with no seeming solution. Every word raises the decibel level. If you take a break and return to the debate, the anger level is still there.

That’s the problem Dad was trying to address. When this happens, Dad said that it is better to avoid the subject. Realize the fruitlessness of the discussion and talk about something else.

Dad was correct: The more you stir manure, the more it stinks.

Stop stirring it. Move on. Talk about something else. Or find a new friend.

Dad knew that sometimes this is the only pathway to peace.
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moments of hope ministry

 

[Hekuran]

Bet that wasn't exactly what Dad used to say.

 

[Dave M]

Bet that wasn't exactly what Dad used to say.

LOL the guys dad was a preacher who wrote this

 

[Brother-Paul]

You usually find those aho are arguementative are those who are usually kicking up a stink.

My bat, my ball and throw their teddy out of the pram, no matter what age.

 

[Jellani]

You debate the problem endlessly with no seeming solution. Every word raises the decibel level. If you take a break and return to the debate, the anger level is still there.

That’s the problem Dad was trying to address. When this happens, Dad said that it is better to avoid the subject. Realize the fruitlessness of the discussion and talk about something else.

Yes. There are really ‘wars’ that are not worth fighting for.

And we must “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil walks about like a roaring lion, seeking whom he may devour.”
‭‭I Peter‬ ‭5:8‬ ‭

The enemy can use anything, anyone to put ‘walls’ to one another, to divide us instead of uniting us. That’s how he work.