The Myth of Offense

Just came back from Victory Weekend. For a long time now I’ve made the claim that I am unoffendable and that the only thing that “offends” me is when someone thinks I’m offended with them. lol.

Anyway... one of the lecturers communicated quite nicely what was in my heart.

How often have you heard the statement “that person offended me” or “I offended that person”? How often has someone “offended” you?

How about a paradigm shift. What if I said it is impossible for someone to offend you or for you to offend someone. To me the idea of someone offending me is a post-modern way of justifying myself in bitterness and then having the “right” to slander or mistreat someone. After all they deserve it… they have it coming to them.

Please… grow up. Someone can’t offend me or you… at most they can present you with an opportunity to take offense. At that point you and I choose whether or not we want to be offended, whether through habit (because of your worldview), or by will.

So if you are a Christian… and there are people that have “offended” you… then do the right thing… release them, thereby releasing yourself from a life of twisted bitterness, stress and anxiety, and enjoy the added benefit of better sleep and less tension on your muscles…

In summary… Offense is a choice! Deal with it, or it will deal with you.

-->Still Ablaze