Help them the best you can

Tuesday October 14th, Philippians 4: 1 My dear, dear friends! I love you so much. I do want the very best for you. You make me feel such joy, fill me with such pride. Don't waver. Stay on track, steady in God. 2 I urge Euodia and Syntyche to iron out their differences and make up. God doesn't want his children holding grudges. 3 And, oh, yes, Syzygus, since you're right there to help them work things out, do your best with them. Paul is working on the congregation. There are conflicts, people are not happy. Notice how it is not a matter of who is right and who is wrong, what is important is that they learn to get along even if they don’t agree, what a perfect bit of advice for a congregation. And, oh, yes, Syzygus, or Suzy, or Sally or Sam or George or whoever you happen to be, since you are right there, give them a hand a working things out. What I noticed in that was what was not said, Pastor so and so, fix it for them. It is not a matter of the pastor fixing, it is a matter of the congregation mediating, even if the mediation results in living with differences.