Now I appeal to Euodia and Syntyche. Please, because you belong to the Lord, settle your disagreement. 

And I ask you, my true partner, to help these two women, for they worked hard with me in telling others the Good News. They worked along with Clement and the rest of my co-workers, whose names are written in the Book of Life.

Philippians 4:2-3 NLT

Some of Paul's team are not getting on, and a key lockdown lesson here is that we don't always get on. 

Misunderstandings, pride, envy, comparing... all kinds of things get in the way, and damage relationships.

Paul gives us an encouragement to work our disagreements out (this one must've been going on for a while for him to hear about it in jail), and to do that in community. 

"My true partner" here is "Syzygus" which is a yokefellow, a partner, co-worker, but also a name for someone. 

Seems Paul is asking Syzygus to help resolve, to mediate, to counsel, to walk with his team. 

It's OK to need help to resolve our differences, to need a Syzygus every now and then. 

#lovingpeopleandkeepingitreal

#belikeSyzygus

#lockdownlessons