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MONDAY, September 13 (Cyprian)
Acts 15:36—16:5. The disagreement became so sharp that they parted company.
It is almost with relief that we read about such things in the New Testament: even saints like Paul and Barnabas fell out with each other. All was not perfect peace and harmony between them. Barnabas wanted to take Mark along on their missionary journey; Paul did not. So sharp were their differences that they could not continue to serve together. It reminds me of the verse attributed to Brigham Young:
But notice that Paul and Barnabas both continued with their work for their one Master. Often when we Christians quarrel we take it out on God. Or because we don’t click with someone in our parish or denomination we stop supporting the church or find a different church. We need to see this as Paul and Barnabas saw it: we are not here to agree completely with one another, but to sink our differences, whatever they are, in our common service under our one Master. We must never let our quarrel with our brother or sister become a quarrel with God. (1962)
PRAY for the Diocese of Hanuato’o (Melanesia)
Ps 56, 57, [58] * 64, 65; Job 40:1-24; John 11:55—12:8
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