07/31/2013 SUPERFRUIT STUDY: GENTLENESS
Galatians 5:22 But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives HE will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. [Living Bible]
Summary
GENTLENESS is another SUPERFRUIT of the HOLY SPIRIT.
According to the dictionary, when someone is gentle, he/she is: mild, considerate, tender, amicable, not harsh or severe, soothing.
Images of gentleness might include how someone might hold, care for or speak to a new born baby. It is the image of the lion lying down with a lamb. Gentleness is not weakness. Sometimes it is power under control—like the gentle breeze of what could be a raging hurricane.