A man’s discretion makes him slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook a transgression. (Proverbs 19:11)

Human nature is to get angry, defensive and vindictive over being wronged by another. We want justice, and we rarely concern ourselves with the details. We were wronged and we want it made right!

But what if we were to respond to being wronged with love? What if our discretion and faith were so strong that we did not become angry. In fact we became empathetic to the person who wronged us. Not only are we then overlooking the transgression, but it is to our glory that we respond in love rather than anger.

When we are not focused on getting what we think we are owed, we can see through another’s wrong to the pain that might be causing it. Most often it is another’s insecurity, anger or pain that causes them to wrong others. We may never know the details behind what drives how they react. However, we do know the details behind and can manage what drives us to react, and how.

Two wrongs do not make a right. Thus, our response to being wronged should be to make it right through being faithful and allowing God to work. And He does so through how we are viewed, as Christians, in our reaction to being wronged.

We must work harder to make things right than just trying to be right.