Proverbs 10:12 (NET) - Hatred stirs up dissension, but
love covers all transgressions.
Division has been on my mind a great deal.
We’ve seen division in politics.
We’ve seen division between races.
Even the pandemic brings about its own unique divisions.
Saturday, I witnessed two people almost come to blows over the pandemic.
One chose to wear a mask, the other did not.
It occurred to me that this division was born out of fear.
One feared the pandemic.
The other feared a loss of freedom.
When you get down to it, almost every form of division and hatred is born out of fear.
This is not the way mankind was meant to live.
The words of Jesus bear this out.
John 4:13-35 (NET) - Everyone will know by this that you are my disciples—if you have love for one another.”
We are meant to love one another.
We are to love those who disagree with us politically.
We are to love those whose skin happens to be a different color than our own.
Even in the middle of a global pandemic, we must continue to love one another.
Love conquers hate.
That is because love conquers the fears that are at the root of hatred.
1 Corinthians 13:13 (NET) - And now these three remain: faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love.
Faith is a wonderful thing to have.
Who among us doesn’t want hope?
Yet love is greater than either faith or hope.
Remember, love conquers all fears.
Blessings,
Jim Pokorny
The Other Brother Jim
Look for me at https://faithfulfeetteam.blogspot.com/ on
Friday, September 11, 2020.
I’ll be back here on Friday, September
18, 2020
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