Tuesday; April 28
One of my favorite verses is James 1:19-20, “This you know, my beloved brethren. But everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak and slow to anger; for the anger of man does not achieve the righteousness of God.”. When we are looking for a life lesson on how to get along with people, here we go. Recently, when I was reconsidering this passage, a couple observations came to mind. First, did you notice that James almost seems to refer to this as a firm grasp of the obvious? He didn’t offer them anything groundbreaking; in fact, he prefaced the statement with “this you know …”. These principles of humanity shouldn’t surprise any of us! Yet, the other observation is almost as insightful – why in the world do we still have trouble following these guidelines? Understanding them isn’t rocket science and we teach them to children, so why haven’t we mastered them? I don’t think the problem is that we d...