Today’s devotion is based on Proverbs and is from the Pray.com team.
Love chooses to cover, not expose. Proverbs 17:9 shows us the wisdom of forgiveness and discretion. To “cover a transgression” is not to ignore sin but to let love lead in how we respond. It’s the difference between healing and harming. Repeating offenses—primarily through gossip—tears relationships apart. But choosing to protect and forgive preserves love. This kind of mercy doesn’t come easily, but it reflects God’s own grace. In a world quick to share and slow to forgive, God calls us to love that heals and holds others up.
Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. [Proverbs 17:9]
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