Gentle Nature

I've realized lately how fierce people are lately, how unkind, how selfish. We use our words to hurt people. We fill our mouths with alcohol and dirty words. We use our bodies to tempt others into wanting us physically & we are jealous for materialistic reasons. People are ugly and evil to the core but that's not where it ends.

We are spiritually dehydrated. The unclean parts are more evident in the lives of those around us because we are addressing the things we also don't like about ourselves. We must start calling forward the good, the things we do appreciate like trustworthiness, people who spend quality time with us, sweet words, kind souls, sincerity, gentleness.

...how much those qualities are worth, how uncommon.

We need change. We need God, the fountain of life, of gifts, of every good thing in this world and beyond. His spirit is the only good in us and He carries the ability to overturn even our evilest desires.

So, be kind.
Be sweet.
Be gentle.

Don't let it be a temporary high, let it become your nature, Let goodness overflow from you and enrich the lives around you. Let kindness and serving others become permanent occupants that manifest themselves into your character, then let others admire it and seek Him out to be changed from the inside out as well.

But start by addressing the ugly parts in yourself. Take some time for inventory and take them before your Father. Let them be known, forcing them into the light so that they may be cast out.