Section 10

If you want to know him, you need to see how he lives with his wife and children. Oh, how much we need forbearance in our married life and family life that we may build up the proper church life!

The more we realize the need of forbearance, the more we shall see how difficult it is to be a proper human being. It is not easy to be a wife or husband, a parent, or a member of the church. In our society married life has been severely damaged. Many even live together without being married because they do not want to accept the limitations of marriage. This is to utterly forsake the practice of forbearance.

We need to be fully committed to our mar ried life, family life, and the church life. The ties that bind us together are permanent. In the gen uine family life and church life, no one is hired or fired. Can we hire someone to be our child, or can we fire one of our children? Of course we cannot. Neither can members of the church be hired or fired. Likewise, if a servant of the Lord can fire one of his co-workers, then they are not truly working together in the Lord. In the Lord's work there is no such thing as hiring or firing. Therefore, in the family life, in the church life, and in working together for the Lord's interests,

we need forbearance. Forbearance is necessary because we are bound together permanently.

Once again I would remind you that for bearance is an all-inclusive virtue. This virtue includes understanding, wisdom, patience, con sideration, and the ability to help and render the adequate supply. If we all exercise forbearance, we shall have a pleasant married life, an excel lent family life, and a wonderful church life.

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