Imitate

In this week’s Bible reading from Ephesians 4:25-5:2 – There are  several plain instructions:

•     Speak the truth to our neighbors,
•     Be angry but do not sin;
•     Do not let the sun go down on your anger,
•     Do not make room for the devil.
•     Thieves must give up stealing; let them labor and work honestly with their own  hands.
•     Let no evil talk come out of your mouths, but only what is useful for building up
•     Do not grieve the Holy Spirit.
•     Put away from you all bitterness and wrath and anger and wrangling and slander.
•     Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another
•     Be imitators of God, as beloved children, and live in love.

I think the last one encompasses all the ones before – and any that might come afterwards.

Live in love. Be imitators of God.