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Ephesians 4:1-3 CEB
Therefore, as a prisoner for the Lord, 
I encourage you to live as people worthy of the call you received from God.
Conduct yourselves with all humility, 
gentleness, 
and patience. 
Accept each other with love, 
and make an effort to preserve the unity of the Spirit with the peace that ties you together. 
Ephesians 4:1-3 CEB
The last part of this passage is about community.
We are in this together. 
Paul is writing to a church.
We are in this together.
Rich, poor, old, young, experiencing success, struggling, buoyant, joyful, weighed down, hurt, all from different places, with stories, experiences that shape us, fears, insecurities, strengths, different culture, language, expectations...we are in this together.
Because that is where and how we learn to love.
Love lives in all humility, gentleness & patience. 
You simply cannot learn those things on your own. 
I cannot learn those things on my own.
We are in this together to experience humility, gentleness, patience, acceptance, and to live out humility, gentleness, patience & acceptance.
We get to do that within the Bigger Story of our God's humility, gentleness, patience & acceptance, as we let His Spirit hold us together in peace...
#faveverses
#speaklife
#inthistogether 

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