“Be good friends who love deeply; practice playing second fiddle. Don’t burn out; keep yourselves fueled and aflame. Be alert servants of the Master, cheerfully expectant. Don’t quit in hard times; pray all the harder. Help needy Christians; be inventive in hospitality. Bless your enemies; no cursing under your breath. Laugh with your happy friends when they’re happy; share tears when they’re down. Get along with each other; don’t be stuck-up. Make friends with nobodies; don’t be the great somebody. Don’t hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you’ve got it in you, get along with everybody. Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. l’ll do the judging,’ says God. I’ll take care of it.’”
A word to us is that we are not to push our self-importance but be willing to be secondd as we love deeply and show honor to one another. We need to be full of the Spirit as we serve one another as unto the Lord. If someone gets under our skin, we don’t give up but pray harder and exercise patience even as the Lord is patient with us. We are to help provide for their needs and show warm hospitality…not how long are you going to stay?!!! Even if they are sarcastic towards us, bless them and don’t curse them. Share their joy and also their griefs as some will come with heavy hearts. We are to try our best to live in harmony and not be exclusive but include them. Even if they speak against us, let us not respond back or try to get the upper hand…pray for them and leave the judging up to the Lord. Ask God to show us beauty in them, and to help us get along with them. Let us do our part to live in harmony with one another.
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