When you get so involved in politics that you begin to hate those with opposing view points, stand in God's shoes and remember, God loves them and you should too.
When a driver cuts you off in traffic and you feel as if you want to get them, stand in God's shoes and remember, God loves them and you should too.
When someone hurts you, and you feel as if you have to hurt them back, stand in God's shoes and remember, God loves them and you should too.
Folks typically don't set out to hurt, they sometimes just don't think and that's when we should remember to love them.
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The challenge is when folks DO set out to deliberately hurt. Can you love them, then? And to quote Tina, what is love anyway?
I've had the experience of alleged Christians telling me they "love" me while deliberately hurting me - I think their definition of love differs from mine. In my mind, love and kindness are intertwined. And for too many, I think that asserting "love" makes cruelty OK. Love the sinner, hate the sin more often speaks of oppression than salvation.
Which leads me to think that loving someone in a Christ-like way is more about compassion than affection, is more about offering undeserved kindness than establishing a mutual bond, is more about grace and mercy than missing someone when they are gone. It's a bigger love, one that really deserves its own word. (Is that where agape comes in?)
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