Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep. (Romans 12:15 ESV)
Unity
The opposite of selfishness is togetherness.
Obviously, one should not do something just because everyone else is doing it. As my mother used to ask, “If everyone ELSE drove their tricycles off a cliff, would you do it, too?”
But some actions are meant to be followed.
When others are filled with sorrow, we follow, out of compassion and love.
When others are excited, we follow out of companionship and love.
When others are working, we follow out of community and love.
When others are quietly resting, we follow out of common decency and love.
And when others laugh… we get to laugh, too.
It works best when our unity is strong. When we are bound together through our common faith in Christ, more than when we are bound together by trivial things.
It works best when our unity is the result of the one gospel in our lives, more than the result of age groupings, career groupings, or geographical groupings.
Rejoice together, weep together, and laugh together.