Gentiles are fellow heirs....

Looking at Ephesians 4 today. I realized that this statement "Gentiles are fellow heirs, members of the same body, and partakers of the promise of Christ Jesus through the Gospel." It just makes me amazed because it is totally true. We are heirs, we as Christians have so much to be thankful for and yet I spend my days focused on the temporary. Focused on the "things" that this world has to offer. When in reality it means nothing. We are also called to "walk with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, maintaining the Unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Now what does this mean the Unity of the Spirit. The past few days I have been thinking about this a lot. Obviously we are all at a different place and we all have different gifts from the Lord but we are still called to unity. This unity it will not be separated by secrets or gossip. This unity will completely pass everything that we have ever known. It makes me so sad to think how many Christians are out there just living in the life that judges and gives up on people. I know I am one of them. I have a really hard time with trust and forgiveness. Especially when I do not feel that I have deserved to be treated the way that I was. But this verse it calls me to reach beyond my feelings. It calls me to live in the Spirit. To love others more than myself. What does that look like? Not thinking of myself. How hard is that. Yet that is what Christ did and if my sole purpose on earth is to be like Christ then I better start doing a better job of loving others. Love....like Christ what a concept!