Living in the Sweet Spot - Temperament

Have you ever wondered why people seem to have different personalities? A Greek physician, Hippocrates, lived 300 years before Jesus Christ and was one of the first to put names to the different observable traits. I think he was quite right in noticing different “humors,” as he called them, but quite wrong in suggesting that they were related to various bodily fluids inside us. The Psalmist had stated 700 years before Hippocrates that it was God who had created the differences when we were “fearfully and wonderfully made.” (Psalm 139:4) David said that “his soul knew it quite well.” I don’t think David was just aware of his physiological make-up, but also who and how God had made him. Many other descriptions and insights can help us understand ourselves better and enhance our relationships with others. We all need that, I think! Peter told husbands in 1 Peter 3:7 to “live with your wives in an understanding way.” Yes, we all need to catch the teaching tomorrow at 9 or 11 AM. The teaching time tomorrow will be both humorous and applicable to each attendee. I think that God really does have a sense of humor as He teaches us to do life with others.