Handle With Care
Imagine what would happen if God dealt with humanity
carelessly. Because He is all-powerful and loving, He has to handle humanity
with utmost gentleness[1]. Just
a careless drop of His hand can crush planet earth to nothing. Just a careless
wave of His hand can sweep people off the universe to unknown emptiness in an
instant. However, out of love, He chooses to put His power under control to
produce benefit not harm. God is love and gentleness is a vital mark of love.
David acknowledged the elevating impact of God's gentleness in his life, 'Thou
hast also given me the shield of thy salvation: and thy gentleness hath made me
great [2]'.
It is amazing how gentleness in speech and actions can
promote harmonious relationships. A colleague shared how things did not seem to
go well in his marriage. Beginning of one year as he made his personal
development plans he asked his wife for one thing he could work on that year to
make her happier. She thought for a little while. She had heard lots of ‘I love
yous' from her husband already. She was longing for love in a different word -
gentleness. She said he should just work on being gentle. He decided to
evaluate and set goals to improve how he spoke to her, how he responded to her
and handled her generally. A miracle happened by year-end. It was as if they
were happily married all over again. Beginning of the following year, he asked
again for something to work on. She said just keep working on the area of
gentleness. The following year it was the same and their marriage life was
greatly transformed positively.
Faithfully walking in gentleness also works wonders in other
relationships such as parental and team relationships. Every
person can do with a ‘Fragile: Handle with Care’ sign on him or her,
because people are easily hurt if handled carelessly. Let your gentleness be known of all men. The Lord is near. - Philippians 4:5
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thank you mfundis.
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