The gentleness of the Holy Spirit speaks to a fulfillment of
a need. It is excellent, useful, easy, good, gracious and kind, and a sweetness
of temper. And it can be freely called into action when we have been wronged.
This gentleness reminds me of Otis Redding’s song Try a
Little Tenderness. Part of his lyrics say: “It's not just sentimental, no. She
has her grief and care, yeah. But the
soft words, they are spoke so gentle, yeah. It makes it easier, easier to bear,
yeah.”
This gentleness, like the tenderness Redding speaks of,
helps to make the grief that all of us bear, a little easier. When we speak to
one another with gentleness, deal with one another gently, meeting a need –
life gets easier.
Try a little gentleness. J
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