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Originally Posted by Hope
...Benson did not show mercy. He desperately needed brothers and sisters around him who had the gift of showing mercy. ...
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Don,
Benson also needed people around him who had the gift of speaking the truth in love. WL had that same desperate need, as do we all.
You were close to Benson. I know there were times you've told us about when you were in Dallas (at least I think I know this) that you were in the difficult position of telling Benson "no." Did you speak a word of truth to him along with that "no"? You don't have to answer that. I know there are plenty of opportunities I would like to have back when I could have spoken truth and didn't. I usually think of the best "stuff" after the opportunity is long gone.
I've also had the experience of "the truth in love" coming to me in the form of a "2 by 4". It was pretty bad. Ultimately I realized Lord's word to me was for my highest good.
Here's another sharp breaking curve on the outside corner knee high
: have you spoken with Benson since you left Dallas? I think you said you spoke with him around the time of Don Looper's passing, but I mean conversations of substance regarding the past?
Nell