A Simple Approach to Emotional Intelligence

REFERENCE:  Prov. 3:3-4 Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. 4 Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation.

Observation: Wow. Talk about emotional intelligence!! Simple kindness and loyalty is what will bring you favor with God and people and it is what will cause you to have a good reputation. I know that it is what I want from others. To have them be kind to me, especially when I am hurting, and for them to be loyal--a attribute that seems sadly lacking in our world--even among Christians.

Application/Confession: It is so easy for me to be curt--to get to the point and miss what I am doing to people's feelings. I'm pretty good at being loyal, I'm not so good at always practicing kindness. I need to remember that it is a key to connecting heart to heart with others and even with God.

PRAYER: Lord, teach me how not to wait for others to be kind and loyal, but to serve as an example. You have promised favor with you and with people if I do. I commit myself to trying. I ask you to fulfill your promise.