Character Confession: Passionate
Yesterday in between sickness and snow days I finally had the opportunity to meet up with my Ohio bestie Kim Zaksek. She co blogs with me and Maria Spencer over at the Narrow Gate Invites and has a heart for the orphans of Romania.
Our conversations typically turn to what our kids are up to as they are close in age with similar personalities. As I shared my stories and she shared hers I remembered a definition I was given a couple years ago.
Patience is tempering your passions.
Read that one again.
Once we laughed over the stories I remembered some of my hijinks as a kid and every single one of them was based on an issue where I felt someone was being unfair and I got passionate mouthy about it. The more I remembered the more we saw the struggle with our kids. They care about others and want to see justice and compassion played out. When it doesn’t happen, they get in trouble.
Truth is, so do I.
Kim and I realized the key is to balance that justice with grace, something Iwasn’t skilled at as a kid and still struggle with as an adult. That definition of patience, again, tempering your passions, is one I need God’s help with every moment I take a breath.
Passionate isn’t bad, it just requires balance.
And lots and heaps of grace.
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This Character Confession is hosted by Noelle Mena at Pliable in His Hands. She also is the founder of Christian Women Affiliate and on Tuesday she is having a free meeting on why and how to conduct webinars. This is a passion of Noelle’s and I will be logged in and ready to learn. If you want to learn more visit the CWA Facebook page.
Hum.. I think I need to do the opposite and add a little Passion to my temper.. I’m one of those people who lets everything go until I implode.. Right, I said implode.. Thanks for bringing this up.. I need reflection and prayer time now.. God bless!