Wake Up Castle Rock

This is the day the Lord has made; we will rejoice and be glad." Psalm 118:24. Each day is a rich and precious gift from God, with new grace and opportunities. Jesus says that we have only this one day and must not be anxious for tomorrow.   A mean-spirited person is one whose natural impulse is to cause harm or trouble to others. We are all mean-spirited at times, but this article will focus upon those whose personalities are characterized primarily by hateful, rude, or spiteful behavior. Before his Christmas transformation, the fictional curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge is an excellent example of a mean-spirited person in A Christmas Carol.   Mean-spiritedness is part of our fallen, sinful nature (Romans 3:10, 23; 8:5). We are born selfish and desire to gratify ourselves at any expense. Depending upon the effectiveness of our early training, we may learn more socially acceptable ways of interacting with others. However, we can still behave in hateful, mean-spirited ways due to the inability to control our evil t