By Angie Schuller Wyatt
We are honoring Holy Week at Spiritual Wellness with 7 daily meditations inspired by Galatians 5:22-25, “The fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control.”
Today’s Meditation: Balancing Self-Control with Gentleness
Gentleness and self-control are like hydrogen and oxygen. When perfectly balanced, they water our soul. If we are too gentle with ourselves, we will lack discipline and focus. If we are too self-controlled we become dogmatic and legalistic. When we have both gentleness and self-control, our spiritual dedication is softened by grace.
The apostle Peter had to learn this the hard way. Jesus foretold that Peter would deny him three times, and Peter adamantly... More...
