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Mean People
"Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like." - Galatians 5:19-21a.
The grocery stores in Yardley, Pennsylvania had a problem recently with someone purposely mutilating food. No, they were not squeezing the Charmin but they were crumbling the cookies. They were also squeezing or mashing the loaves of bread. The masher struck again and again. He went on squeezing and mashing dozens of times with the total damage estimated at $8000. It was such a problem a cookie company finally put up a hidden camera to catch the villain. The cookie masher was finally caught and his attorney had this to say "I squeeze bread when I go to the store, but I don't get arrested for it."
It is hard to understand why someone would purposefully destroy food products. But than there are others who do worse things. There are some people who delight in purposefully destroying lives. They simply enjoy being mean. Stabbing someone in the back is their idea of fun. "Why be nice when you can be mean?" seems to be their motto for living life. "Why give an inch when you can push someone down?" appears to be how they operate on a daily basis. "Why say something kind when you can criticize?" must be their mindset.
Being mean on purpose is in direct opposition to most of the qualities listed as being the fruit of the Spirit which all Christians should have in Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." Just because others are being mean does not justify our acting in the same way. We are called to a different standard. It is a standard called the Christian life (Following the example of Jesus.). Instead of being mean we are kind, loving, peaceful, joyful, good, longsuffering, and gentle. It is the only kind of lifestyle, which will overwhelm and conquer the mean spirited people of this world.
By Ed Wrather
Submitted by Richard
"Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like." - Galatians 5:19-21a.
The grocery stores in Yardley, Pennsylvania had a problem recently with someone purposely mutilating food. No, they were not squeezing the Charmin but they were crumbling the cookies. They were also squeezing or mashing the loaves of bread. The masher struck again and again. He went on squeezing and mashing dozens of times with the total damage estimated at $8000. It was such a problem a cookie company finally put up a hidden camera to catch the villain. The cookie masher was finally caught and his attorney had this to say "I squeeze bread when I go to the store, but I don't get arrested for it."
It is hard to understand why someone would purposefully destroy food products. But than there are others who do worse things. There are some people who delight in purposefully destroying lives. They simply enjoy being mean. Stabbing someone in the back is their idea of fun. "Why be nice when you can be mean?" seems to be their motto for living life. "Why give an inch when you can push someone down?" appears to be how they operate on a daily basis. "Why say something kind when you can criticize?" must be their mindset.
Being mean on purpose is in direct opposition to most of the qualities listed as being the fruit of the Spirit which all Christians should have in Galatians 5:22-23: "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control." Just because others are being mean does not justify our acting in the same way. We are called to a different standard. It is a standard called the Christian life (Following the example of Jesus.). Instead of being mean we are kind, loving, peaceful, joyful, good, longsuffering, and gentle. It is the only kind of lifestyle, which will overwhelm and conquer the mean spirited people of this world.
By Ed Wrather
Submitted by Richard
