Lenten study 2007 - Day twenty-eight

March 24, 2007

Finishing Colossians 3:12 - kindness, gentleness, and patience.

These are strong, manly, attributes, as well as the marks of a mature Christian. I don’t come by these things naturally, that’s for sure. They are surely gifts of the Holy Spirit, worthy of daily prayer.

Galatians 5:22-23 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. Against such things there is no law.

It seems to me that all of the attributes are of one piece. Weakness in just one of them weakens all of them. Conversely, strength in one tends to strengthen them all in me.

Last word: May the last vestiges of unkindness, harshness, and impatience continue to diminish in my life.

Posted by Dave | Filed Under Bible