Seeing Life From the Highest Vantage Point
By Contributing Writer, Marcia Wilwerding “Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant.” — 1 Corinthians 13:4 (ESV) The word Paul originally uses in 1 Corinthians 13 is agape, which seems to include both the feelings we associate with love and the actions we associate with charity. Therefore, it is important to [...]
By Contributing Writer, Marci Ferrell But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. Galatians 5:22-23 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; [...]
A friend of mine sent me a link to a superb article written by Paul David Tripp called Speaking Redemptively. I recommend downloading it and reading it in full, but I thought I’d share some highlights to whet your whistle a bit. (Anyone NOT struggle in this area?) Speaking redemptively is about being prepared to [...]
By Contributing Writer, Bria Crawford Grace, patience, kindness, gentleness, self-control. Five out of the eight fruits of the spirit deal squarely with our behavior, speech and demeanor. In a culture where “bold and brazen” are encouraged, how can a woman cultivate a spirit of meekness becoming an ornament of grace? So often, I do not [...]
By Contributing Writer, Kim Doebler Yesterday, we defined kindness as “being considerate of others”. Although thoughtful could replace considerate for younger children, I like considerate because it is the word used in Philippians 2:3-4. Do nothing out of selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourselves. Each of you [...]
By Contributing Writer, Kim Doebler How many of us have said to our child, “Be kind”? What does that mean? Did our child know what we were wanting of them? Did we know what we were expecting from the child when we told them to be kind? In parenting it can be tempting to [...]
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