John 13: 35

Just a week ago, I heard from a friend about “friendship politics” in a small group made up of women. Then I thought about PLUSH and how the group, made up of many different individuals, unique in their different ways, can come together as a group to worship, study about God, love and serve one another. Even though there may be disagreements at times, and one getting frustrated with another, there is still this element of love, sometimes a deliberate kind of love. My heart is warmed whenever I think about the gals in PLUSH, and I pray that this culture of loving and caring will continue.

I believe that God is doing a different work in everyone of us. We are all created differently, and it is really God's love working in us that would give us the strength to love one another, bringing about a unity in the body of Christ. Jesus also says in John 13:34-35: A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.” I guess that is the difference that we should see between a christian fellowship group and a social group gathering, that from the way we love one another, all the world will know that we are his disciples.

My heart is burdened. I really pray for the wisdom to know how to handle group situations that I have been placed in the most beneficial way possible. I need the wisdom and discernment from above, because God's way is much better than what I perceive is the best way.
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