So how will they know?

How do our children and others we meet learn about who we are? How do we make them want what we have? Do our actions, attitudes, and words make people want to be like us? John 13:31-35 is a passage filled with discipleship themes. Pastor Barbara Moyer Lehman points out that love is the mark that should identify a person as a follower of Christ. It is our attitudes, actions, and acceptance of others that gives credibility to the words of love we speak. The tough part is that we are called to love people who are like us...needy, irritating, with bad habits. Acts 10:1-23 demonstrates how God pushed Peter to see that everyone is loved by God. Where have we seen the call to love get ignored or broken? Where do we have work to do? Pastor Barbara encouraged us to explore this and then work to let the love of God show through us.