Read Proverbs Chapter 17.
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\u201cWhoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends.\u201d Proverbs 17:9 CSB
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I recently watched the movie \u201cGreen Book\u201d, a powerful movie about friendship. It\u2019s about a gifted piano player and his chauffeur as they navigate the complicated waters of the early 1960\u2019s. Highly recommend it.
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There is one point in the movie where the \u00a0piano player finds himself in a compromising situation with the police. \u00a0His chauffeur is called to rescue him. When the chauffeur arrives at the scene, he immediately sums up what has happened as he looks at his boss\u2019s naked body, handcuffed to a shower head, beaten and bloody. \u00a0He doesn\u2019t blink an eye at what he sees.
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The first thing he does is ask to cover up his boss’s nakedness. \u00a0Then he proceeds to talk to the police, getting his friend out of this situation. \u00a0As they are walking to the car afterwards, he never says one word about what he saw. \u00a0He never passes judgement. He simply says, \u201cI told you not to go anywhere without me.\u201d \u00a0His boss replies this is one time he thought he wouldn\u2019t want to come. I love what the chauffeur says back to him. \u00a0He simply replies, since he\u2019s been a bouncer at a bar, he realizes life is complicated.
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It\u2019s a beautiful picture of this verse. These two men become life long friends after their two month journey together. They died within months of each other in 2013. The chauffeur\u2019s act of love in concealing the offense promoted their friendship. It could of easily gone the other way and separated it forever.
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Concealing an offense is challenging. \u00a0When we are wronged or when we know someone’s deepest secrets, the hardest thing to do is not talk about it. \u00a0We want to scream it from the rooftops, letting everyone know. We want justice for what has been done to us. We want to tell the juicy gossip we have learned \u00a0None of that will promote love, none of it will strengthen friendships. It will only tear them apart.
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