A Vision of Maturity

Do you want to see if you are mature in your faith? Examine how you love others. Are you patient when you meet with opposition? Are you kind when you receive un-kindness? Examine how you treat the weak and helpless, even dumb creatures. Are you gentle when others are slow?

Remember what love is...patient and kind. Do these qualities mark all of your interactions with others? Are you slow to anger?

The inner work of sanctification emerges in our dealings with others. It is easy to be holy to yourself, for holiness for the creature is humility, and we like to think of ourselves as humble.

You will see what is hidden if you watch a man deal with opposition, even the trivial opposition of slow lines.

If you want to be holy, study I Corinthians 13, memorize it even.

(Anyone who knows me knows that I fall painfully short of my own measure here)