Sit on your hands!

"Sit on your hands!"
Is this on the list of things your mother told you? It's on mine (and my sisters', too). Usually it was spoken firmly from the driver's seat; usually on the way to church. And usually it was preceded by, "Be ye kind, one to another", in a little softer tone. (I didn't know my mom was quoting scripture until I reached adulthood, and ran across the verse in Ephesians 4:32.) And usually it was followed by, "If I have to pull this car over....!" If she ever did, you can bet she found three quiet girls, looking very angelic; we'd have been twiddling our thumbs if we hadn't been sitting on our hands.
Back then it was, 'do unto others before they do unto you'. Today we get along great. We even schedule "Sister Weekends" so we can get together to celebrate and reminisce. You may think it's because we've grown up. Well, I know adults who hate their siblings and haven't spoken in years. Didn't their mothers tell them to be kind?
That nugget from the Bible is a key. The whole verse says this: "Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you."
Forgiveness. Just think about it... while you're sitting on your hands.