Today is Sunday, and I just want to Praise
the Lord for the blessings in my life.  Is that
alright?  (That's my new Pastor's favorite
saying, Is that alright, haha)

Due to some tension between some of the
posters on the Spina Bifida Website, I
thought  this devotion came at the
perfect time for me, and maybe you
would enjoy it!

My favorite devotion from last week:

The Bible is loaded with instructions on how
Christians should respond to each other.
These "one another" statements form the framework
for the body of Christ:

Love one another (John 13:34)

Be devoted to one another (Romans 12:10)

Live in harmony with one another. (Romans 12:16)

Accept one another (Romans 15:7)

Agree with one another (1 Corinthians 1:10)
(Or agree to disagree)  :)

Serve one another (Galatians 5:13)

Be kind and compassionate to one another
(Ephesians 4:32)

Submit to one another (Ephesians 5:21)

Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances
you may have against one another. (Colossians 3:13)

Encourage one another (1 Thessalonians 5:11)

Offer hospitality to one another (1 Peter 4:9)

We've kind of talked about these things on
the Spina Bifida blog, just not in the
"Christian" context.  We are all here to
help each other, not judge or criticize.
But just because your view and my view
are not the same, doesn't mean we are
being mean to each other.  Everybody is
entitled to give their opinion, and we take
the good and leave the rest.

We should love one another and support one
another, and accept that everybody is
different, and we wouldn't all want to be
exactly the same anyway, how boring that
would be :) We are in a unique minority
of people who nobody else can
completely relate to, so we all need each
other.

If you feel like you're being attacked for
your opinions, please don't give up
and leave.  Talk it out.  Everybody should
feel welcome and valued in this group,
and your input IS important to me, and
I'm sure to everyone else.

I personally don't get offended when
someone disagrees with me.  I understand
that not everybody is going to see things
the way I do,  and that's okay.  I have learned
so much from this group!!

I'm not saying that there are never people
here who are impossible to work with, but
I haven't seen any since I've been here.
We can work out our differences and keep
on going, because I dare to say that any of
us are on here just to pass the time.  We
genuinely want to help and be helped, right?

I hope everybody has a wonderful day!!