We started a new family devotional this year, from the book Deep Roots by Laura Godfrey. The first one was about having a gentle answers always, and especially as an answer to what otherwise will feel like deserves an angry response.
A gentle answer...
January 14, 2026
"A soft answer turns away wrath, But a harsh word stirs up anger."
— Proverbs 15:1 NKJV
15:1. This is hard to do, but not impossible.