The following is a portion from the book: No More Christian nice Girl by Paul Coughlin and Jennifer Degler from Bethany House Publishers
Are you getting hungry to know more about authentic goodness? Here's an inspiring definition from Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:
Goodness in man is not a mere passive qulity, but the deliberate preference of right to wrong, the firm and persistent resistance of all moral evil, and the choosing and following of all moral good."
Tweak that definition for modern-day women: Goodness is active. Goodness deliberately chooses to do the right thing and firmly resists what is wrong. Merely avoiding bad things doesn't make women good.
If you want to choose to do the right thing, you have to first know what is right, and that invloves getting the mind of Christ- understanding and valuing things the way God does, having His eyes and ears and heart. Having His mind will enable you to clearly distinguish right from wrong, but be forwarned: You will pay a price. When you start thinking like Christ, you are guaranteed to sometimes make choices that offend and anger other people. the Gospels prove this fact. Jesus chose to value and welcome the unwashed masses: prostitutes, tax collectors, partiers, the woman with a perpetual menstrual flow who was deemed "unclean". Jesus chose to honor the impoverished widow's minuscule two-mite offering over the far larger (but less costly) offerings of the wealthy. These choices confused, offended, and infuriated the Pharisees and religious leaders.
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