One of the things intense heat for several days does to me, and perhaps others, is make me show less patience and kindness. When that happens, I need a course correction, like the one the Spirit gave me in the night reminding me from the word that “patience and kindness are the first two items on the Love List in Paul’s letter to Corinth.” So the love I’m showing is deficient when patience and kindness are lacking in me.

Just a little lesson I learned that I’m sharing now with you, in case it applies.

The three-part story in Peter’s life of God changing everything in the church by sending the gospel to all nations, not only the Jews, completes with Peter’s return to Jerusalem and the apostles in Acts 11. His explanation of the vision contains very important lessons for every Christian and every church to learn today.