Being on “The View” was not easy for Bure because the “basis of the show” was to dig deep into opinions and debate back and forth.
“That is not my nature,” said Bure. She believes that people will not change their minds when they’re verbally attacked and said, “I don’t ever not want to be friends with someone because they have a different opinion from me because I’m like, we can still learn from each other.”
Also, while on “The View,” Bure “wanted to represent God the best that I could as a person seated at that table.” So she did her best to put on the fruit of the Spirit and to learn how to debate, but still be respectful. She connected this idea to Colossians 3:12-14, which says,
Therefore, as God’s chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity.
Every day, said Bure, she puts on clothes and makeup, “but the first thing I need to put on—put on kindness, put on compassion, put on humility and gentleness and patience.”
Cobble agreed, pointing out that the Holy Spirit empowers God’s followers to choose those behaviors and attitudes. “He’s the one at work in us to do all these beautiful things,” she said. Cobble also emphasized that the Holy Spirit is a person who wants a relationship with us. She cautioned against seeing him as a force to be manipulated or an “instruction manual” telling us how to live.
Both Tara-Leigh Cobble and Candace Cameron Bure encouraged listeners to be compassionate toward themselves if they feel they are not growing in the fruit of the Spirit quickly enough.
Said Bure, “If you don’t feel like you’re growing fast enough or you’re struggling with something that is the fruit of the Spirit, the fact that you know you’re struggling with it means you’re aware of it and he’s doing his work in you, so just don’t bow out. Don’t lose hope.”
Cobble agreed. “Be patient with yourself,” she said. “The Lord is patient with you.”