On top
of all of this, you all were prime examples of humility being not at all arrogant.
None of you had to have it your own way - you were all givers instead of takers.
What God had given you was enough since your meditation and practice of his way
- especially of how he had suffered for you - filled you from the inside out.
Because of this, you all received an obvious and plentiful peace. You all
constantly wanted to do more good and the Holy Spirit empowered everyone of you
to do so. All of your minds were so focused on God's greater plans that, if
anyone did make a mistake and acted wrongly, then that one would turn to our
powerful God with honest remorse and confidently seek his mercy to right the
situation. With every waking hour, you all sincerely desired that everyone who
would be a part of God's community would be freed from brokenness and set right
by his mercy. You all were genuine without faking it in any way - forgiving
each other in every situation. Arguments causing divisions and the forming of
cliques were not acceptable to any of you. When anyone's neighbor acted
wrongly, you all felt the pain of it as if their weaknesses were your own. Each
of you was constantly at the ready to go and do something good without
complaining about being called to performing any act of kindness. Every one of
you sported a good character and devoted life, being consistently mindful of
God's will in everything any of you did. Each of you demonstrated that the
words of our Lord had impacted you deeply and were a part of your very being.
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