Be Still And Know

READ: 2 Corinthians 6:11-13 NLT Oh, dear Corinthian friends! We have spoken honestly with you, and our hearts are open to you. There is no lack of love on our part, but you have withheld your love from us. I am asking you to respond as if you were my own children. Open your hearts to us! It’s possible for our relationship with other people to be incredibly superficial. Our words can often be a way of pushing other people away rather than revealing anything significant about ourselves. A friendly, smiling face and a warm greeting can easily be used to mask deep sadness and confusion. This can happen as easily in churches as anywhere else. We can skate over the surface without ever really getting to know one another. Paul, in typical robust style, pierces through such superficiality and says exactly what he thinks! He has opened his heart to the Corinthians and they have done exactly the opposite to him. He appeals to them to open their hearts to him as if they were his children. Paul had established the church