Loving others can be hard, good thing we have a book to show us how!
Most everyone has probably heard these verses at a wedding a time or two and thought well that's how I should love my spouse. But in Matthew 5:44 Jesus tells us to love our enemies (“But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you…”). And when he states the word love he means the kind as mentioned in those first verses. Being humans with flesh and being sinful by nature it becomes so easy to wish ill upon those we disagree or have problems with, even strangers we've never even met before. But as Christians we are set apart from the world, we are commanded to love everyone, even if we disagree. In the world we live in today it's so hard to see what the kind of love that was designed for us was meant to be like, due to what the world offers up as love now. The good news for us is that we have a bible and God that shows us and teaches us what love looks like. (Romans 5:8). Jesus died for us knowing that we were sinners and knowing exactly what we would do in this life. He even died knowing some people would never accept him, yet he loved us so much that he did it to give us a chance to repent and accept his love. We are called to love and to love like Jesus. We should use the examples in the bible and love others so much that we want to share the gospel with them, even if sometimes our flesh believes they might not deserve it. But if you were to look at yourself, did you deserve his love too? I know I didn't, but he loves this sinner and the rest of the world too, even that person you're arguing with on social media. Just remember during this crazy world, to love as Jesus teaches.
~1 Corinthians 13:4-8 “Charity suffereth long, and is kind; charity envieth not; charity vaunteth, not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil, rejoiceth in the truth…”
~Romans 5:8 “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”.
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