Strength under control
Has anyone ever described you as gentle? Did you take it as a compliment? I admit, I’ve always had a negative feeling about the word. Who would want to be gentle? Then this morning, my pastor talked about the passage in the Bible where Jesus describes himself as gentle and humble. Humble, I was OK with. Gentle, not so much. Then my pastor defined gentleness as “strength under control.” The example he gave was wild horses that are tamed. They…