Opposites

Topics: Devotional

Yesterday I received a message via Facebook (yes, I’m on Facebook, and if you are, come by and say hello) from a friend who is preparing a talk for an upcoming retreat. She said she wanted to focus on the importance of spiritual balance. She said she had been thinking about some opposites—or maybe some are what you would call complements:

Order/legalism
Grace/tolerance
Saving/hoarding
Confidence/boastful

She asked if I had any ideas. So I threw out these suggestions:

Talking/listening
Doing/waiting
Forgiving/blaming
Yielding/demanding
Confessing/justifying
Holding on/letting go

The last one may be cheating because I added an extra word. Still, it’s an interesting exercise. I thought I would throw this open to our readers. What other opposites/complements come to mind?

Visitor Comments:

October 28, 2008, 9:30 AM Jo-ann Bouclair says:
	sometimes it is easier to be a ‘servant’ in God’s family than to accept being served...... I think as a believer we learn how to give much quicker than how to receive graciously... so service/accepting
October 30, 2008, 5:19 AM jan says:
	taking off / putting on ( as in put on armour of god) mentoring or guiding / dictating preaching / demonstrating or living out believing / scoffing pleasure / duty ( when in serving God) wandering / resting serving / complaining
October 30, 2008, 6:50 PM Ray Pritchard says:
	I just found another one in James 1:22 Hearers/doers
October 31, 2008, 1:00 AM jan says:
	possessing / retreating focussing / compromising flowing / stagnating filling / emptying lifting / burdening initiating / inciting rekindling / backsliding refreshing or renewing / unedifying