Things To Add**

Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you. Ephesians 4:32
My last blog was about things to put away. This scripture is next. Be kind to one another: Think about that for a minute. Do we build up and encourage? To we say helpful things. Or do we tear down? Are we tenderhearted? easily moved to love, pity, or sorrow :  compassionate, impressionable
Are we easily moved to love others, or to pity? Can we share another persons sorrow? There is a saying I heard many years ago. A shared joy is a double joy, a shared sorrow is half a sorrow. These are things we want to add to our life as we live for Christ. Therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. Colossians 3:12 Be holy, I would simply put that as being Christ like. Ephesians 5:1 says to be imitators of God.  Here we are told to clothe ourselves with compassion, sharing another persons sorrow as stated above. here is that word kindness, being kind to one another.
Humility: not proud : not thinking of yourself as better than other people. For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned. Romans 12:3.  Gentleness: having or showing a kind and quiet nature : not harsh or violent. There is that word kind or kindness again.  Patience: the quality of being patient: such as the ability to wait for a long time without becoming annoyed or upset. Now there is something I can add to my life. Patience, as I think on this word, I think of all the times I get ready to go somewhere and I head out the door or hold the door and think will you just hurry. These are definitely qualities to add to our life, to be imitators of God, to be Christ like.  God bless, LVZ.