That they may be one, even as we are one.
(John 17:22, KJV)
(John 17:22, KJV)
At our house, in the “kid raising” years, personalities
were as unique and diverse as the number in our household. But….that’s the way
personalities are. Yet, over the years they have changed for each of us. Some
traits seem very similar---along the Liles/Adams bloodline characteristic. Others
have emerged with maturity.
Praises for kindness, a trait I see in each of my ”kids,”
though it certainly was not learned from me. I was the disciplinarian. I still
seem to struggle with kindness---I want things done the right way….at the right
time…for the right reason. This tenet needs to be tempered with kindness. So….I
pray.
And….I open today’s entry of My Utmost for His Highest.
Oswald Chambers delineates the difference between individuality (all elbows,
which separates and isolates, 12/11) and personality which, when combined with
love or the Spirit of God, transforms.
As we give up
ourselves to God, “Love is the overflowing result of one person in true
fellowship with another.” (Chambers, 12/12)
Enough said.
Tea with Thee time served me a cuppa “We are one” personali-TEA, to savor throughout my day.
