What if we prayed about always learning and growing in the area of how we treat people?
It starts at home.
Not having to be right and not having to convince anyone that you are right;
Listening when you don't feel like it;
Learning when to advise and when not to advise;
Doing the right thing even when you know it will bring a difficult reaction;
Praying about the mouth- always praying about the mouth. Oh, the mouth that gets so quick and casual at home.
We must be available to be changed in the most basic areas. If we are being changed into His Likeness, there is no point of arrival in this life.
I must be available. I must learn to love correction. I must decrease and He must increase. That is deeper than adopting changed behavior because absent the work of the Indwelling Holy Spirit, behavior change can't last.
This is not behavior modification. It is His deepest work in us.
Our job is to Love Him and to love our neighbor. A deep, sweet, cleansing work. A fruit of submission. A fruit of obedience.
Bring it to Him. Aloud.
Today.