Rose Cross Horton

Chanukah Self-Control Self-control... the last fruit of the Spirit. If you think of progressing through emotions and actions, to be honest, I find this one the most challenging. People respond positively when we show love, or joy, or kindness. When we move to matters of the heart, people don’t often comment that we have shown great faithfulness or humility. Self-control is an action that we see outwardly, but when was the last time you heard someone comment, “that person show

Chanukah Humility… We continue to count the nights of Chanukah and we have reached day seven. We have seen and observed the progression of the fruits moving toward issues in the heart. Goodness and faithfulness are traits from within. The next one is as well, although we often look for it in actions. On night seven the candle we light is HUMILITY. Here is the definition of humility: the quality of having a modest or low view of one's importance. The Cambridge English dictiona

Night six of Chanukah we light the LOVE candle again… Five candles and reminders of who HE wants us to be brings us to FAITHFULNESS. What does it mean to have faithfulness inside of us? One of the most popular verses about faithfulness is in the book of Lamentations. Putting several together we read: Lamentations 3:21-24 But in my mind I keep returning to something, something that gives me hope — that the grace of Adonai is not exhausted, that his compassion has not ended. [O

On the fifth night of Chanukah the “Love/Servant” candle lights the Joy, Peace, Patience, Kindness and finally the Goodness candles... Goodness... What exactly does this mean? The definition of goodness is: “the quality of being morally good or virtuous.” If you are kind, isn’t that being good? If you show love, isn’t that being good? If you are patient, that is being good. And yet “goodness” is definitely set apart in this understanding. As I reflect on this “fruit of the sp

The fourth night of Chanukah is marked for me by the word, “kindness.” The “LOVE” candle lights Joy, Peace, Patience and now Kindness... The moment I hear this word I think back to a song from years ago that Leslie Phillips sang and the words say, “It’s your kindness that leads us to repentance oh Lord...” It truly is amazing to think that we have a GOD who loves us so much that He will carry ALL our worries and sins. HIS KINDNESS should lead us close to Him, and then we SHAR