Psalm 119:165
Great peace have they which love the Law; and nothing shall offend them. (KJV)
I heard this scripture quoted to someone. (I won’t say who, as family and friends might wonder why it was quoted).
Since then this scripture (King James Version) has been on my mind. We seem to live in a time where everything seems to offend someone. I thought I would look into this a little deeper.
Upon checking it out, I couldn’t help but notice most translations of the Bible do not say offend. They say “stumble” or “stumbling block” or some version related to stumbling. (Though, one translation says “no scandal” and another “no sickness”.
It then occurred to me that all of the above are true. When we take offense, a stumbling block does occur. This stumbling block interferes with our perception world and the way we interact in it.

That, in turn, sets us up to stray from a Godly viewpoint to a worldly viewpoint. We then can be more easily be influenced by those who have taken the same offense. How we think and act can change our relationships and our actions. We stumble away from our anointed and appointed lives.
What’s more, when we take offense and/or stumble, we become a stumbling block to others, directly and indirectly. I probably don’t need to probe that idea further.
If we can reduce offense and stumbling, how can we not have more peace with man and God.