Gentleness

 How Gentle are we?

 This is something that we perhaps 
rarely think about or 
reflect upon. 

Gentleness though is a quality 
that is essential within our lives. 
It should be applied 
to our minds, yet 
also it should be applied to 
our actions and 
also to our speech. 

Yet gentleness is also 
a thing that we do not always 
use when we should. 
How many situations that we 
have encountered in our past 
where employing gentleness 
rather than our natural reaction 
would have helped the circumstances?

A gentle word or a gentle 
guiding hand is far better in many 
situations than the opposite which 
can make matters far worse. 

How many times have we 
ourselves been upset or
angered through a harsh word 
or action? 

 Within church life, when we 
are guided or disciplined or we 
ourselves give these to 
others, gentleness should and 
must always be used, otherwise 
any guidance would be 
ignored, and any discipline rejected. 

 Jesus was always gentle 
with those he needed to be 
gentle with, and he used a firm hand with 
those who exploited others 
and taught them incorrect teachings 
of the law. 

God with us is gentle in 
how he wants us to be 
more like Jesus, in how he 
wants us to move forward into 
applying all we read in the bible 
into our lives. 

So then let us ourselves 
also then be gentle in 
how we are with people, 
let us apply gentleness to 
our actions our minds and 
our speech. 

Let us live our lives 
so that the gentleness of God 
is daily seen in us.

Comments

  1. Emilia Evans17 May 2017 at 00:28

    Yes, we all need a gentle touch from God in our lives that will help us be more like him and show loving kindness to those around us.

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