This is so very good and true.
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Subject: {dbilg} Loving God's People devotional from S F Feb.18
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
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Loving God's People
Bishop Walter S. Thomas
Hebrews 10: 24-25 says this:
"And let us consider how we may spur one another on towards love and good
deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing,
but let us encourage one another- and all the more as you see the Day
approaching."
It goes without saying that often in life we feel alone. We feel as if we are
standing against the storm alone, fighting the rising tide alone, dealing
with the difficulty alone, and living the great moments alone.
Life has been so unkind to so many of us that we have failed to cultivate or
revisit the art of being close to persons and knowing the joy that comes from
true and genuine fellowship.
We can find ourselves seeking to be alone because we feel it is safer and we
won't be hurt. The real truth, however, is that we are missing out on what
God has purposefully put in our path: His people.
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God knows we cannot make this journey by ourselves and still know the
fullness of the joy God has for us. What God has for us is intricately woven
into
fellowship and cannot be fully experienced until we allow ourselves to
embrace the community of which God has us a part.
He has given us His people and now we must learn to love again. Jesus said
that we would be known as his disciples 'by our love one for another.' God
allows
us and teaches us how to love and just what love means.
He teaches us that within the confines of God's family, we must learn how to
love and to forgive. We must learn how to care and to be compassionate. We
must learn how to celebrate and to serve.
I must admit...I love the people of God. They have been my instructors in
life, my companions in suffering, my cheerleaders in success, and my friends
in life. The writer of Hebrews said that we should not take this love 'for
granted.'
We should seek out ways to build upon it and to encourage one another. We
have a community that is always looking for new ways to inspire and to edify
us. In the midst of a world that wrestles with the meaning of love, God has
placed us in a community that seeks to practice love.
Let us not be naive; the church is far from perfect. It has its flaws and
makes its mistakes, but it is the bride of Christ being prepared for her Lord.
A love for God's people can help us all to realize that we should not live
out our lives' journey by ourselves.
Pastor Walter S. Thomas
O. Addison Gethers
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