LOVE THEM LIKE JESUS

Today's reading: Philemon

The small, but mighty, book of Philemon contains verse after verse on instruction in loving people like Jesus loved them.

Despite their pasts.

In spite of their choices.

Ir-regardless of their labels.

Philemon, the more mature Christian, is asked by Paul, the great evangelist, to forgive, to love on, to mentor and to accept back into the church a fellow named, Onesimus.

Philemon and Onesimus had a back story.

They had issues.

They had a past.

Onesimus had disrespected Philemon.

And now, Paul, asks Philemon to forgive and move forward with Onesimus.

Tough ask. Big ask. 

Would you? Could you? Have you? Are you trying to?

Jesus has. For each and every one of us.

In reading Philemon's little book, let's consider that God is asking us to do the same, to love them like Jesus!