Friday, February 11, 2011

Correction versus Criticism

I had a light bulb moment the other day.  I HATE it when Ken "criticizes" me. Other people can do it but when he does, my feathers get ruffled.  I was listening to a program the other day and the man was saying his wife had to realize that when he was correcting her, it was just that - correction, not criticism.  I thought, "WOW! I need to take Ken's criticism as correction and learn from it!" 

I have such a need to be perfect that I needed to realize I'm far from perfect and listen to his correction and learn. My pride and ego get in the way.  Proverbs says a wise man listens to rebuke.  Iron sharpens iron.  Always learning...

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
 Proverbs 9:8
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Sarah · 698 weeks ago

I just found your blog, and am loving it so far (in fact loved some of your more recent posts so much I wanted to go to the beginning and start reading through it from the start). This first post... kind of slapped me in the face. Looking at "criticism" as correction instead is such a good idea! I know that I always get defensive and angry when I think my husband is criticizing me, but if I were to look at it as correction and an opportunity to learn then I may be able to accept it more graciously. Thank you for this little insight! I definitely needed it.

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