Colossians 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
There is a way to answer someone who is in the household of faith. There is a way to answer someone who is not in the household of faith. But, I often struggle to find ways to answer people with just the right amount of salt ☹️. Sometimes, my answers are the same or similar, they may vary in style and substance, or become nuanced, while other answers are radically different in tone, style, meaning, and substance depending on the relationship I have with person that I am talking to. And things can get tricky very fast or get out of control when topics suddenly change during the course of a conversation. Attitudes can abruptly change, a person can get defensive, or start verbally attacking for no apparent reason.
So, knowing how to answer and respond to *everyone* with just the right blend of grace and salt is a perpetual challenge for me. 😂
Colossians 4:6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.
There is a way to answer someone who is in the household of faith. There is a way to answer someone who is not in the household of faith. But, I often struggle to find ways to answer people with just the right amount of salt ☹️. Sometimes, my answers are the same or similar, they may vary in style and substance, or become nuanced, while other answers are radically different in tone, style, meaning, and substance depending on the relationship I have with person that I am talking to. And things can get tricky very fast or get out of control when topics suddenly change during the course of a conversation. Attitudes can abruptly change, a person can get defensive, or start verbally attacking for no apparent reason.
So, knowing how to answer and respond to *everyone* with just the right blend of grace and salt is a perpetual challenge for me. 😂