there are redeemable qualities of man.
though sometimes, i cannot see them.
this coming weekend i make my trek back to arkadelphia for the first time since graduation. i can say with great certainty that the reunion will be bitter-sweet. so many [good, bad and in-between] things happened there.
friendship allows itself to be shown when it pleases. or when it is most pleased. i realize the personification of such is rather presumptuous, but i am not the first.
read romans 12.9-21
and for those of you who won't, here are the best parts:
'love one another with brotherly affection. outdo one another in showing honor.'
'rejoice in hope, be patient in tribulation, be constant in prayer.'
'contribute to the needs of the saints and seek to show hospitality.'
'rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.'
'do not be haughty [snobbish], but associate with the lowly. never be conceited'
'if possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all.'
'do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with agathos.'
i was writing a bible study for work and came across the fruit of the spirit 'goodness.' i had a hard time defining goodness in a biblical sense. and then i found this passage. to be more accurate, i re-found romans.
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