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certain, no one can make a man believe differently about something when he is fully persuaded he is right. And, if two men disagree over a major portion of the Torah, Amos couldn’t think of any way to stop either of them from voicing their own convictions.
With every step Amos took, the load he was carrying seemed to get heavier and the rabbi’s question seemed to get more wearisome, “What was the rabbi to do? How could he stop this from happening again?”
Amos’ mind was so preoccupied with solving the rabbi’s question, he did not realize he was almost home. As he turned down the lane that led to his house, the aroma of his supper cooking in the kettle near the front door caught his nostrils. From the smell, he knew his wife had decided to fix one of her favorite dishes. Although
he didn’t especially like this particular dish, for her sake, he would eat it and say nothing about his wish that she would have fixed one of his favorite meals instead.
Years ago, after church one day, when they had been married only a week, he and his wife encountered their first disagreement. While they were eating lunch, his wife informed him that she disagreed with one of the major parts of his message.
Chuckling aloud, he recalled how they resolved that first problem. He had told her, he would stay out of her kitchen and not tell her how, or what to cook, if she would stay out of his messages. They had used this method a number of times during their years together. It became a long and enduring agreement which neither one of them had ever broken. The results were a blessing to both of them. Once they agreed on something, neither would waver from the agreement. The power of agreement had
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