Scripture Reading
Colossians 3:12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
Reflection
Paul uses the image of dressing for the day — choosing what character to wear as deliberately as choosing what clothes to put on. Compassion, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience are not personality traits some people are born with; they are virtues that can be consciously chosen and practiced. What does it look like to deliberately "put on" one of these qualities before you walk out the door today?
Prayer for Today
Lord, it's horrible to admit, but some days my kids feel like the opposite of a reward. If iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17), today's the day I might just be whittled away. Right now, I'm hiding in the bathroom, trying and failing to reign in my overwhelming frustration.
Fill me with everlasting patience and drown my anger with your peace. Help me parent my kids the way you parent mewith kindness and love. Thank you for giving them to me.
Fill me with everlasting patience and drown my anger with your peace. Help me parent my kids the way you parent mewith kindness and love. Thank you for giving them to me.
Amen.