Love anyway

It is frustrating to love some people. It is not easy and we soon learn that it cannot be forced. Love is voluntary and a willing display of vulnerability, “submitting  to one another out of reverence for Christ.” (Ephesians 5:21)

The Lord was long-suffering with us, we must be long-suffering toward others. For certain, we have frustrated our Lord and Savior and we are grateful that he never gave up on us.

How do we move forward in love? First, let us remember that love thinks the best. 

“Love is ever read to believe the best of every person.” (1Corinthians 13:7)

Joyce Meyers wrote, “When someone hurts our feelings or offends us, we have a choice. We can think, You did this on purpose just to upset me! Or we can choose to believe the best and think: Well, they must be having a difficult day and probably didn’t even realize they were being rude to me. Maybe something difficult is going on in their life. It most likely has nothing to do with me.”

Most of us want others to believe the best about us. It begins with us believing the best of others. 

“The Holy Spirit reveals to me that God loved me not because I was lovable, but because it was His nature to do so. Now He commands me to show the same love to others by saying, ‘…love one another as I have loved you’ (John 15:12). He is saying, ‘I will bring a number of people around you whom you cannot respect, but you must exhibit My love to them, just as I have exhibited it to you.’” Oswald Chambers

Don’t Hate! Love!

GiGi❤️