how about when someone corrects you?...

here is another area. how do you react when someone corrects you?

now meekness is a teachable spirit. meek people are eager to learn. meek people don't pretend they know it all. they know they don't know it all and they don't try to pretend they know it all.

james 1.19 (ms), lead with your ears, follow up with your tongue, and let anger straggle along in the rear.

that is such a great verse. it tells how to control your temper. if you do the first two, the third is automatic. if you lead with your ears, then follow up with your tongue, you will let anger straggle along in the rear but if you lead with your tongue, and then follow up with your ears you'll be quick to anger. you need to listen. use your ears. be teachable, not unreachable.

when your mate makes a constructive suggestion to you, how do you relate to it? do you get uptight, defensive?

listen, don't consider the source, consider the suggestion. meek people don't have all the answers. be very wary of people who have all the answers. those are people you need to be afraid of. they're dangerous.

are you open or closed to new ideas? are you open to change or closed to change? "we've always done it that way!" a meek person – when someone corrects you, you're teachable, not unreachable.

just a thought from the front porch…