Reminder 4: Be Considerate, Titus 3:2

Reminder 4: Be Considerate

Titus 3:2 to slander no one, to be peaceable and considerate, and to show true humility toward all men.

Paul had said in in a similar way in Romans 12, Live at peace with all men, as far as it depends on you. In Hebrews, he said, make every effort to live in peace. It is obvious that we have the responsibility to make peace with others even if the are causing trouble. Didn't Jesus say the same thing when he said, if someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other?

K and A, the main thought here is not that you are to be kind to others when they are kind to you. No, it is that you are to be kind and considerate to those that despise you and try to make your life miserable. Certainly you cannot control what they do, but you can control your response.

It reminds me of a comment a customer made years back when he thought we had broken a glass door in his house. He was a rich man and son of the owner of Rite Aid at the time. After "burring me out" on the phone, as you mother would say, he told me that he could make my life very miserable. I wanted to tell him that was not true. Miserable is a feeling and that is a choice I had to make.

You see others can only do things to you, you choose how you respond. Choose to be kind and considerate.

~Dad