“May God, who gives this patience and encouragement, help you live in complete harmony with each other, as is fitting for followers of Christ Jesus.”Romans 15:5 NLT
Did you read that right? God gives this patience and encouragement. If God gives these things why are they not always evident? Perhaps in places where we are intent on being self-righteous and carving up other Christians there is absence of patience and encouragement. Self-righteousness is a wicked evil that has trapped many of God’s people into webs of darkness. Our enemy the devil claps in glee, he has captured our hearts with his poisonous darts.
Today I am in recovery mode as I am battling a common cold and hacking cough. I had a friend visit. He tried to fix my phone’s ability to send SMSs. I had to sit patiently whilst he communed with a young friend on his phone. All to no avail, I suggested he take it and let his friends look at it and return it. A young friend just dropped it off saying it had run out of SMS. I managed to send one before it stopped. Foreign lands have foreign problems that we do not have in Australia. Oh well! However, they do have packet mushroom soup. I fancied some soup. I was fed dhal bhat for lunch, not an appetising meal.
If our God gives us patience and encouragement let’s apprehend it with both hands. Amen!
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