LEARN TO CONFRONT

This is taken from my daily devotional for 6/17:
"As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. Proverbs 27:17 NIV
If you grew up in a family where confrontation left only wounds, you may have become a "tap dancer." That's a pity because "iron sharpens iron," and there are definite times when you need to confront, such as:
(1) When others stand to be hurt. Paul writes, "When Peter came to Antioch, I opposed him to his face, because he was...wrong" Gal 2:11 NIV. Listen again, "Before certain men came...(Peter) used to eat with Gentiles. But when they arrived, he began to...separate himself(and)...The other Jews joined him in his hypocrisy...even Barnabas was led astray" Gal 2:12-13 NIV).
(2) When somebody is settling for less. A woman bought a pair of dingy candlesticks at a yard sale for a dollar. Assuming they were made of pewter, she took them home, dusted them, and set them on her table. One day a friend who worked in antiques droped by, "When are you going to clean those candlesticks?" she asked. "What do you mean?" the woman asked, "I just dusted them yesterday." "Dusted?" laughed her friend. "They need to be buffed and polished. They're silver!" So they got silver polish and clean cloths and went to work, until the dull charcoal veneer yielded a pair of gleaming silver candlesticks. Confrontation-the right kind-removes the tarnish that keeps us from shining as God intends us to.
Ask God to make you willing to confront, and when necessary, to be confronted. Your growth depends on it!"
This came from 365 Days of Spiritual Growth and Empowerment Connect With God volume II by Jentezen Franklin