Thought of the Day !!

Welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed you, for the glory of God.
Romans 15:7 (NRSV)

Paul teaches us to welcome others. We should be willing to welcome friends and neighbors. That's easy enough. We should be able to welcome all people who come into our churches, our conversations even our lives. We are called to welcome our neighbor, whoever that person might be, and to welcome him or her just as Christ welcomed us into His family.

How often is is hard for you to welcome someone into your life because of a past history or presuppositions about the person? Do you think if Jesus looked at your history or judged the kind of person you might be that he would have allowed you to be called one of His own?

Let us welcome one another, therefore, just as Christ has welcomed us.

In the love of Christ,
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