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“…add to your faith…charity” – 2nd Peter 1:5b,7b(KJV)
Peter tells believers their faith still needs something to be successful. 1 He ends the list with “charity”, the Greek word “agape” (ah-gah-peh), meaning a selfless love expressed to those around us.
There is an old poem:
To dwell above with the ones we love…
Oh, that shall be glory!
But to dwell below with the ones we know…
Well, that’s a different story!
Love is not a feeling for someone gone or far away, it’s kindness done to a bad neighbor, to the co-worker who just threw us under the bus (you know what I mean), and to the teen with a bad attitude”.
Not automatic but something to be added, if we can’t make our faith work enough to be kind to these people our faith isn’t really working at all.
-fritz
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