What is Gentleness?

Help me out guys...

I'm working on Gentleness and after trying to define it... I can't get my brain wrapped around it.


What is Gentleness?

5 comments:

Traci Anerson said...

I have heard it is strength that one restrains. A horse is strong but may have a gentle temperment...that it restrains it strength.

Anonymous said...

maybe this would help...

http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ192.HTM

Anonymous said...

Hi Miss Gina smothered in sorghum on a Sunday morning!

I just love some of the input on this word from Vine's. "Sweet Reasonableness" what a great description and "not insisting on the letter of the law." I like that it is ACTIVE in dealing with others. Not just a state of mind, but expresses an action!

http://www.antioch.com.sg/cgi-bin/bible/vines/find_term.pl

Hope you find this resource to be the precious blessing that it has been to me! Love you dearly sis, Julianne

Refreshment in Refuge said...

Pia, this was great! Thank you :)

Traci, I have heard that, too, and it makes sense. Someone also defined it as the opposite of cruel.

Someone else described it as something wild that has been tamed, like a wild horse that has been gentled.

This is probably why God put this as part of the fruit of the Spirit. As natural man, we are depraved and wild; as Christians, we recevied the Spirit and we are gentled.

Refreshment in Refuge said...

Julianne, you are such a HOOT! Of course a hoot that is covered in chocolate syrup and smothered in honey glaze LOL

Thank you for the resource! I love it!