Love One Another and Other "One Another" Verses found in the Bible~
How does God want me to treat other people?
He has provided a roadmap to that very question found in the Bible, God's Holy Word. I hope that by this theme study to learn and practice those things that God has called me to do.
What are some of the "one-another" verses?
Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing...
1 Thessalonians 5:11
What does it mean to comfort one another?
To comfort means:*
1. To give strength and hope to...cheer...
2. To ease the grief or trouble of...console...
Wow~what an opportunity, what a calling. God wants me to provide comfort to my brothers and sisters in their time of hurting; in their time of grieving. In a way, it's like being a good friend to someone.
What are some practical examples or ways to comfort one another?
Letting someone know that you are praying for them...Treating them to a coffee, dessert, a drink, a meal, etc...Sending a card...Sending an email, note, etc...Calling on the telephone to ask how are you doing and then just listening to their response...being there for someone...helping them with one of their problems...
Is there something I can do today, or this week, to comfort one of my friends? Maybe God is going to show me someone in need...Maybe God is going to give me words of encouragement and grace for someone else...Would I be open to providing that person with God's care and give them God's comfort, through God's grace? God wants to use me to comfort others, as He sends them my way. Would my heart remember that at the moment someone walks into my life that God wants to do something through me for that person...to be continued...
*(source: Mirriam Webster Dictionary Online)
