Ephesians 4:1-2 Walk….with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love.
When we were small we may have had a Teddybear at some point and we knew they would never be judgemental but would ‘bear’ with all our foibles.😊 We’re called to do the same, to be gentle and patient, not to be hard on each other but to bear with one another, to be tolerant and understanding. We maybe need to learn to be more like a bear!
Colossians. 3:13 (NIV) Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, ….
We all know a threadbare bear is always one which has been loved to bits, he’s had so many hugs! So as we bear with each other, let’s also practice forgiving, and love each other to bits, just like God does with us.😊
John 15:8 This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, showing yourselves to be my disciples. We’re all bearing fruit of one kind or another, but Jesus is asking us to bear the same kind of good fruit He did because He always glorified His Father. So whatever we see Jesus behaving like, we can follow His example and be loving with good attitude, who goes about doing good.
Galatians 6:2 Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
When we take the time to listen to people’s burdens, it very often helps them to feel better about things. They say a burden shared is a burden halved. That may, or may not be true all the time, but it definitely helps and we’ve not to carry their burdens ourselves, but take them to the Lord and cast all our burdens on to Him. Be a wise bear who takes His burdens to the Lord.
If you have a minute just check your ‘bear’ credentials in these verses again and see how you’re doing. And I hope I’ve made you smile.😊
Have a blessed ‘bear-like’ weekend.😊x
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