How does showing care in how we relay information speak to our state before God? It is part of the broader picture of who we are in Jesus.
Do you like receiving critique and correction? Me, neither. But God offers us loving correction that draws us closer to the beauty He intends and, when we do it right, the correction we give and receive each other can do the same.
Even when we have the truth, we need to figure out how to convey it in love. Conveying truth in love involves caring about how the person we’re speaking to will hear it because of how we say it and when we say it.
When we’re ready to accuse others of missing the mark of righteousness, are we prepared to explore the differences between ourselves and the righteous person too?
We constantly seek to strive for the better position in society, but what if we stopped trying to see ourselves as important and instead saw ourselves humbly?
Seeking wise counsel that will lead us closer to the Lord is at the heart of helping good leaders and being good leaders.
As we continue to explore what good leadership looks like, the next verse in Proverbs 25 helps clue us in: God values virtuous curiosity that neither seeks to needlessly cause trouble nor values stability over truth.
Seeking to understand God’s wisdom is impossible in full, but He still invites us to experience Him and His truth.
We struggle with being thankful when things are still not right, but David helps us to see the opportunity to thank our God right now.
If God is a God of justice (and He is), then how do we live in a time of injustice? David wrestles with this in the middle of Psalm 7.