Gentleness

15Through patience a ruler can be persuaded,

and a gentle tongue can break a bone.   Proverbs 25:15
Patience and gentleness are both part of the fruit of the spirit. Some may think Christians are weak because of the trait of gentleness, but that is not true. God's ways work. God is sovereign and he always has the last word.  A gentle tongue can break a bone, to me that shows strength. Do you ever watch someone that is soft spoken, people have to slow down and listen. Sometimes that is the best way to gets someones attention, to speak softly and they have to strain to hear your words.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. 
Galatians 5:22-23.  
The fruit of the spirit is singular, this is not fruits where you can pick one and leave the others alone. Both patience and gentleness and kindness are part of this list in Galatians. The love chapter in 1 Corinthians 13  lists patience and kindness  as attributes of love. This is what this world needs more of, love, gentleness kindness, patience. We need more love, patience, goodness, kindness, gentleness, self control and truth. Do the words we write show love or hate? God's way is better, God's way works. I believe the anger in this nation today is really at a sovereign God. I don't understand, how people can be so angry with a God that sent his son to die on a cross for our sins. Why would I or anyone want to be part of an angry mob that lies, distorts, disrespects authority, attacks people only because they disagree with you. We see examples of it with Antifa and almost every leftest utterance daily, anger and destruction.  This world needs more of God's ways, and healing for our country. It is through God's precepts, gentleness, kindness, patience, and of course Love for even those that disagree with us. Our country is sick and we do indeed need more of God's love.  Except for the grace of God go I. Christians are not perfect, only saved by grace. Why would you try and tear down the best government in the world? No one has said the United States is perfect.  We have issues. But no other country in the world has so many people trying to get in. We are the best there is, not perfect but able to correct issues like slavery as we did in the past. Able to give women equality. It is this great because our fore fathers sought God's guidance when setting up this great nation.  We need more of God and his direction, not less. Those that tear down this country do not love it. The Jews are  a God loving people and if you look at the conflict in their area of the world. The Jews want peace, the other side wants only to kill every last one of them. They have a small country about the size of our state of New Jersey. But the hatred towards them is at their God. We are probably the only nation that helps them. We are under attack also. It is directed at God.  A God that loved mankind so much, that he sent his son Jesus to die for our sins. We see the attacks of Antifa upon innocent people, defenseless, their only wrong is to disagree with them. Antifa hides their faces because they know they are wrong and don't want to be identified and sent to jail. These are not tactics to right a wrong to beat up on old and innocent who's only wrong is to disagree. We see the daily attacks against President Trump, yes he fights back. But the waste of an investigation for more than two years to try and take him out for doing good for this country. Employment at record levels. Our harmful emissions are the lowest in the world of any industrialized nation. He has taken us out of meaningless agreements that in spite of spending billions would only affect the temperature like one degree over the next few decades. We meet those goals already, it is the rest of the world that is behind.  People cannot see it is a battle for control of the people. Not for the good of this world, but for control. If it was for the good of our nation, why not celebrate the good that has been done? It is a hatred for the man himself,  President Trump.  I thank God for him, he has fought back. I am not saying our President is a saint, he is not , but could we focus on the good that he has done, and support him instead of fighting at every move. Look at this dumping buckets of water on our heroes in some of our larger cities. The very men that go in when others run away from danger. This is evil, pure evil. No one says there are no bad cops, but bad cops are a minority in their ranks. What other profession do we treat this way when one or two bad ones  are found.  Do we attack teachers or Ministers in this way when we find a bad one?  This is a spiritual warfare we are in. Good and Evil. God and Satan.  This world needs more love, more gentleness, more kindness.  We don't need more riots. more destruction of businesses, more taking of innocent lives as abortion does. We need more love. IS taking an innocent life about convenience or selfishness, I am not ready for a baby, it will disrupt my life. How many of us would be alive today if this evil was so prevalent in our day?  I was not planned, I am pretty sure I came at an inconvenient time, but I have had a good life in spite of being brought up in a dysfunctional home. So would these that are denied life, because they come at an inconvenient time. 997 of a thousand abortions are not because of rape or incest but simply a matter of convenience. It is not the child's fault. Late term abortion is not a gentle act. It is brutal and inhumane. We need more of God's ways, not less. God gives life, we have no right to take it, and Ill bet someone will mention capitol punishment. We are for the sanctity of life if it is for a person that committed an evil act like burning someone alive, but not when it is in the womb. We care more for abused and helpless animals  then defenseless babies in the womb. God bless, LVZ.