Comments on: A Gentle Tone http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/ "The Intersection" is your place of connection Tue, 13 Jul 2010 19:33:11 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Heather http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-352 Heather Tue, 30 Sep 2008 16:03:02 +0000 http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/#comment-352 Krista, I can just picture you running down the street after Chester! How often have we all been there -- chasing after the dog, the cat, the kids, or just chasing around the stressful thoughts of the day through our mind. The tension can cause us to forget the gentle tone, can't it? As the kids get older, I more frequently remind them about their tone -- it's not just the words you say, it is how you say them. But, we are not always the best example of that. Our children with their gentle spirits -- they are like flowers whose petals can be easily bruised or crushed with a harsh word. I pray that my prayers for strength and wisdom, and my apologies to my children and my husband when frustration comes out in my tone, will be the example they follow as they continue to grow in God's grace. All my love to you and Matthew and the girls! Heather Krista,
I can just picture you running down the street after Chester! How often have we all been there — chasing after the dog, the cat, the kids, or just chasing around the stressful thoughts of the day through our mind. The tension can cause us to forget the gentle tone, can’t it? As the kids get older, I more frequently remind them about their tone — it’s not just the words you say, it is how you say them. But, we are not always the best example of that. Our children with their gentle spirits — they are like flowers whose petals can be easily bruised or crushed with a harsh word. I pray that my prayers for strength and wisdom, and my apologies to my children and my husband when frustration comes out in my tone, will be the example they follow as they continue to grow in God’s grace.
All my love to you and Matthew and the girls!
Heather

]]> By: Melissa http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-351 Melissa Mon, 29 Sep 2008 01:06:23 +0000 http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/#comment-351 Hi Krista, Isn't it true that we spend a lot of time teaching our kids (and trying ourselves), to use appropriate words, but we say so much more with the tone of the words we use! I do have a tough time with the trait of gentleness, rather I don't have it! I'm careful (usually) about the words that I choose but what a great reminder about tone, it shows where our heart is! Chester is adorable. I'm sure that he felt that the run down the street was a great game, I'm sorry for the ending. It's great that you could take something ugly and turn it into a valuable experience for all of us. Hi Krista,

Isn’t it true that we spend a lot of time teaching our kids (and trying ourselves), to use appropriate words, but we say so much more with the tone of the words we use! I do have a tough time with the trait of gentleness, rather I don’t have it! I’m careful (usually) about the words that I choose but what a great reminder about tone, it shows where our heart is!

Chester is adorable. I’m sure that he felt that the run down the street was a great game, I’m sorry for the ending. It’s great that you could take something ugly and turn it into a valuable experience for all of us.

]]> By: Korri Ray http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-350 Korri Ray Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:48:06 +0000 http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/#comment-350 I love this verse from Proverbs. I have been looking for new verses to put around my house and I think this will be a great one. A good reminder to me as a parent and for my kids in the ways they respond to each other. And I can't imagine how your neighbor could yell at such an adorable dog, Chester is so darn cute and cuddly with such an innocent face. I love this verse from Proverbs. I have been looking for new verses to put around my house and I think this will be a great one. A good reminder to me as a parent and for my kids in the ways they respond to each other. And I can’t imagine how your neighbor could yell at such an adorable dog, Chester is so darn cute and cuddly with such an innocent face.

]]> By: Mark T http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/comment-page-1/#comment-349 Mark T Sun, 28 Sep 2008 19:49:45 +0000 http://meetmeattheintersection.com/2008/09/28/a-gentle-tone/#comment-349 Krista, Chester looks so innocent in the picture! The interesting thing is that Chester didn't realize what he was doing wrong on the neighbor's "beautiful" grass. Oh, to be so innocent! Unfortunately, since we have Adam's blood in us we are prone to the sin of lacking gentless with our words and actions. Fortunately, when we become followers of Christ we receive the life blood of Jesus running through our veins! It doesn't mean that we still don't have black splotches on our white robes but God sees us as righteous. Lack of gentleness is one of those black splotches on my robe. The longer we know our Saviour the more we are aware of the black splotches and can confess and He is faithful and just to forgive our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteous. Then we look at our robe as white again. Thanks for your thoughts on this subject. By the way, I was running down the street with you chasing Chester in my mind. The story was very descriptive. Lord, help me to be gentle! MOM Krista,

Chester looks so innocent in the picture! The interesting thing is that Chester didn’t realize what he was doing wrong on the neighbor’s “beautiful” grass. Oh, to be so innocent! Unfortunately, since we have Adam’s blood in us we are prone to the sin of lacking gentless with our words and actions. Fortunately, when we become followers of Christ we receive the life blood of Jesus running through our veins! It doesn’t mean that we still don’t have black splotches on our white robes but God sees us as righteous. Lack of gentleness is one of those black splotches on my robe. The longer we know our Saviour the more we are aware of the black splotches and can confess and He is faithful and just to forgive our sin and cleanse us from all unrighteous. Then we look at our robe as white again. Thanks for your thoughts on this subject. By the way, I was running down the street with you chasing Chester in my mind. The story was very descriptive. Lord, help me to be gentle!

MOM

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