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Everyone with me greets you; 
greet those who love us faithfully. 
Grace be with all of you.
Titus 3:15 CEB 
We're at the end of this short letter from Paul to Titus and the people in the church in Crete. 
And Paul wraps everybody in. This is from "us" to "you all".
The culture I was raised in, the world view, was quite individualistic. Faith is personal.
Over the last couple of decades I've been exposed to different world views in Melanesian, Maori, paskifika ideas of being, and I've noticed this more corporate "us" and "you all" in the Biblical view of people more and more. 
And here Paul brings everyone in. 
And declares, prescribes, in the same way he started this letter, with Grace to You (all).
This bookending the letter with Grace makes me wonder about how well I reflect that, how we reflect that in the way we live in this world. Do we start and end with Grace to You?
May God's grace and peace be yours today. 
May this blessing of Paul's written to Christians in Crete 2000 odd years ago still speak to us today in this faith we share together:

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our savior.   
Titus 1:4

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#inthistogether
#gracesndpeace
#usandyouall
#blessing 

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