Scripture Reading
Colossians 3:12
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience.
Reflection
Paul's list reads like a morning wardrobe: things you deliberately put on before you walk out the door. Compassion, kindness, humility — they do not happen automatically. They require intention. But notice the foundation: we dress this way because we are already "chosen, holy, and beloved." Identity precedes action.
Prayer for Today
Lord, it's horrible to admit, but some days my kids feel like the opposite of a reward. If iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another (Proverbs 27:17), today's the day I might just be whittled away. Right now, I'm hiding in the bathroom, trying and failing to reign in my overwhelming frustration.
Fill me with everlasting patience and drown my anger with your peace. Help me parent my kids the way you parent mewith kindness and love. Thank you for giving them to me.
Fill me with everlasting patience and drown my anger with your peace. Help me parent my kids the way you parent mewith kindness and love. Thank you for giving them to me.
Amen.