I believe I have expressed how much I dislike “injustice” before, but it seems like I am becoming more vocal when I see it. Either out loud, or under my breath. I don’t like how it makes me feel, and if I am not careful, I go on way too long about it. This is a pattern I’m not too fond of.
The other day, and I wish I could remember the source, I was involved in my devotional time and I came across the phrase, “a gentle and quiet spirit”. It keeps resonating in my head. Kind of like a “LSS” (Last Song Syndrome). You know, the last song in your head that you keep singing over and over. It seems I can’t get away from thinking about it, so I determined, this must be something God is calling me to.
Now, raising awareness of an injustice is needed and getting loud about it is important for it can draw attention to the situation and cause others to stop, look and decide to join you in your fight to alleviate it, but in everyday life, how you call out something that isn’t fair and or even mention it at all, is important. That’s where I have been failing in recent days.
Not using the right words, the correct volume or the Godly wisdom to get my point across.
So mush so, I could be labeled as a “Grumpy Old Man”! I don’t want to be known that way. When I hear that phrase, I think of the old man in the Disney movie, “Up”. And now that I think about it, there was a movie titled, “Grumpy Old Men”.
So I am now in the process of transforming my mind. Training it to “capture” every thought of negative, grumpy, stinking, old criticism and renewing it to handle what I see that bothers me in a “gentle and quiet” way. I may actually find that technique gets more people to hear what I am saying.
“Do not be shaped by this world. Instead be changed within by a new way of thinking.” Rom. 12:2 (ICB)
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I am very familiar with that verse in Scripture, because it’s one that I needed to learn by heart. I Peter 3:4 tells women the way to reach their husbands “without a word” by their behavior. True beauty, Peter said, is not from braided hair, jewelry and fine clothes, but “a gentle and quiet spirit, which is precious in God’s sight.” But there are plenty of verses for men, too, about the strength of a soft answer. (Check out Proverbs 25:15)
Yes, Proverbs 25:15 is powerful. I know it wasn’t 1 Peter 3:4 though, but the principle is one worth pursuing. Thanks for your comment, as always. Blessings to you.