A Culture of “Nice” …

I was so blessed to get to spend time with some friends at the airport this morning (and even get to upgrade one of them! it’s fun to be able to do that) …

I’m in my second of four airports for the day and I have just a second to share with you all what my friend said to me this morning.

He and I were talking about some of our recent teaching events, conciliation cases, and church intervention cases, and he remarked how HARD it is to encourage genuinely reconciled, gospel-proclaiming relationships in a certain geographical area because:

“They live in a culture of NICE.”

Isn’t that a great (but sad) description?

(And doesn’t it make you wonder WHERE he was when the people said that they live in a culture of NICE? 🙂 )

Mostly–isn’t this description an encouragement and conviction to turn AWAY from “niceness” and TOWARD truly united and loving and REDEMPTIVE relationships?

Anyway–thanks for the encouraging notes and prayers too. Here’s hoping my next two flights are as uneventful as the first one.

God bless!
— Tara B.