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(Pro 13:18 KJV)  Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth instruction: but he that regardeth reproof shall be honoured.

When I watch different videos on YouTube, I often have people who will tell me to leave comments below.  In a perfect world that would be because they would actually want to know what I have to say.  In reality, I think it’s more a way of measuring how many people are watching.  And the number of people watching is reflected in their advertising revenues.  Call me a skeptic, I will answer.

This verse is telling us that we should actually be desiring those kind of comments.  I don’t know about you, but I tend to want to avoid criticism.  I don’t want people telling me what’s wrong with my life and what I need to change.  At the same time, I need to be open to listening when someone is bold enough to actually try to correct me.  I need to be humble enough to be asking myself, “Do they have a point?”

So?  Often they do.  We can really benefit from what other people have to say to us.  Even someone who sets out to insult us can make us a better person if we take what they say with the right attitude.