Love is Patient (And It is About Community)

Jeff, my oldest son, was two years old when James was born. Almost as soon as James could move they would play together, with Jeff delighting in letting James maul him. It didn’t matter what James did, Jeff just laughed and loved him and put up with him, even when James started to scratch his face to such an extent that it looked like a cat had scratched him. But as the years went by I noticed a reciprocal relationship growing….where each one “put up” with the other in patience and love and longsuffering when it was needed. Tell me, how do you think their relationship is today? This is the gift that God would work in us as we live together in community – be patient with one another in love - as the people of God.