No good tree bears bad fruit, nor does a bad tree bear good fruit. Each tree is recognized by its own fruit. People do not pick figs from thorn bushes, or grapes from briers. A good man brings good things out of the good stored up in his heart, and an evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in his heart. For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of.
Luke 6:43-45
Regardless of the catalyst leading to our reactions in the many circumstance of life; that reaction must be owned. It is easy to blame the behaviors of others or the events that are out of our control. Yet it is in those difficult moments our true nature shines through in our responses or reactions. The very characteristics we hate to identify ourselves with are revealed most in the stress.
The questions must then be asked:
“For the mouth speaks what the heart is full of ” – what is my heart full of?
What is being revealed from the very nature of my heart in difficult and stressful situations?
Do I spend time trying to control my reactions, my words yet forget about my heart?
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