177 Fruits of the Holy Spirit
This week: Joy
sign of a good decision
Jesus came and stood among them.
"Peace" be with you," he said. John 20:20
Years ago, Joe Paterno, head football
coach of Penn State, was offered a "big
money" contract to coach the New
England Patriots.
Ecstatic at the lucrative offer, he prepared
to meet the Patriot owner in New York the
next morning. But that night he couldn't
sleep. He got up and paced the floor no
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less than 6 times. He was not at peace
with his decision.
Finally, next morning, at 6:30, he phoned
the Patriots and called off the meeting.
He explained that the opportunity to
impact the lives of college students was
more important than the money and
the prestige of being a pro coach.
With that phone call, a deep inner peace
entered the soul of Paterno.
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Why is the absence of inner peace is
usually a good sign that a decision is
probably not of the Spirit?
Five great enemies of peace
inhabit us:
avarice, ambition, envy,
anger, and pride.
Francesco Petrarch,
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