Paul says: Now we who are strong have and obligation to bear with the failings of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let each of us please his neighbor for his good, to build him up (Rom. 15:1-2) .  Those are some pretty powerful words to consider. In today’s times so many of us (not all) are totally consumed in ourselves and our personal obligations (work, kids, spouses, house work, etc…) that we don’t have or don’t make time to even consider our weaker brothers and sisters in the faith. Lots of times we have a “sink or swim” attitude towards each other. We attend gatherings every week and don’t know anything about each other. So how would we know which of us are weaker or stronger? We have got to become more caring, and more loving, and compassionate.  How much better would life be if those of us that are strong would actually see it as an obligationor a duty to not only consider the failings of the weak but to bear or carry them as we are called to do? How much love would those who are weaker see and experience? How much growth and strength would they receive? But most important, how much Christ would they see in those of us who have been made strong in the faith? Paul says ” For Christ did not please himself, but as it is written, “The reproaches of those who reproached YOU fell on Me Rom.15:3. What better example could be given? I know this post consists of a lot of questions but I think these are the types of questions we should all ask ourselves so that we can begin to experience living in  the harmony with one another that Paul speaks of in Rom.15:5-7.

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