“You are always and dearly loved by God! So robe yourself with virtues of God, since you have been divinely chosen to be holy. Be merciful as you endeavor to understand others, and be compassionate, showing kindness toward all. Be gentle and humble, unoffendable in your patience with others. Tolerate the weaknesses of those in the family of faith, forgiving one another in the same way you have been graciously forgiven by Jesus Christ. If you find fault with someone, release this same gift of forgiveness to them. For love is supreme and must flow through each of these virtues. Love becomes the mark of true maturity.”
In this passage, Paul was instructing the Church on how to live in unity, and he gave us the essential keys for doing that -- to live in compassion and mercy -- to be gentle, humble and unoffendable in our patience with each other. We have to walk in forgiveness and be quick and ready to forgive. These are keys for us as we strive to work together to save our state and our nation from the destructive path that we have been racing down. For those who love the Lord, these are our instructions and the keys to our success. They are not optional if we intend to win this spiritual battle for our land and our future.
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