GRATITUDE: a triptych of virtues
How do we as Christians respond to the unhappiness of load-shedding, the dissatisfaction of corruption, and the despair of crime? Biblically, the answer is found in GRATITUDE. But we often make the mistake of seeing gratitude as a single virtue that simply means to be thankful. WRONG! There are three virtues that believers need to pursue that form a ‘triptych’ of what will ultimately reveal the full picture of gratitude
TENDER-HEARTEDNESS: the virtue and the mirror of faith
Tender-heartedness is probably the one virtue that will best reveal the God that we serve.
WHINING AND DINING: A solution to load-shedding
I have always known South Africans to be a resilient people. A nothing-will-get-us-down people. A boer-maak-n-plan nation. NOT anymore. We have become a nation of whiners – kla-kouse per excellence. So what is the solution?
THE VIRTUE OF ACCEPTANCE – Not being a ‘taker of faces’
Virtues are at the core of our character, and character ultimately determines destiny. The more we acknowledge the potential impact that practicing virtues can have on our lives, and the lives of those around us, the more we will seek to grow in this regard.