"We ought to always give thanks to God for you, brothers, as is right, because your faith is growing abundantly, and the love of every one of you for one another is increasing." (2 Thessalonians 1:3, ESV, underline mine)
When I read about the Thessalonian church, I think of it as the "Hooray! You've Got it!" church. Paul is so proud of them.
Normally this passage above would have just run by me. Like, "yep, that's the Thessalonian church. They are awesome, once again."
But this time I stopped. Love is not an easy thing. Love is easy when people are like us. But how many of us easily get along with those in our church bodies? Our personalities are so different! How was this really possible? Were they all just really similar to one another? I highly doubt it.
Their love for another was a choice. A choice to love regardless of histories, past hurts, personality differences, etc.
The Thessalonian church was pretty awesome.
May our love for another continue to increase for one another by the power of Christ's love working through us.
