Gentleness

Let your gentleness be known to everyone. The Lord is near. Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.  
                                                               Philippians 4: 4-7

Jean Francois Bausmayer

The Whispering

Gentleness. With gentleness, we open ourselves to the peace of the Lord. 

I wonder how many of us cultivate gentleness.  We reward self-starters, team players, dynamic managers, but in our culture, gentleness is not a resume line item. Scripture often contradicts culturally approved mores. 

Gentleness, Paul suggests, allows us to discern when the Lord is near; 

gentleness is the passport into that divine state some call Nirvana or Enlightenment, the divine stasste that Christians know as the peace of Christ.  Do you know it? Have you experienced it?

Today, cultivate gentleness. Close your eyes. Breathe in the breath of God, exhale regret, grudges, bitterness, and pain. The Lord is near.