A Bitter First Sip: The Practice of Self-Control
But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control. There is no law against these things! Galatians 5:22-23 NLT A Bitter First Sip: The Practice of Self-Control This morning, I take a sip of my first cup of coffee for the day. My face pulls, and the word that comes out of my mouth is, “Yuck!” Believe it or not, that was intentional. I've been attempting to get accustomed to drinking my first cup of coffee black, without sugar. I want to learn to enjoy coffee in different ways again, including a version that, at the moment, my taste buds aren't particularly enthusiastic about. In a recent Everyday Mavericks article, Adam in the Modern World , I explored the relationship between our biological impulses, our choices, and the practice of self-control . Today, I want to bring that conversation a little closer to home. Not through an ancient story or a theological argument, b...
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