We all have people in our lives that are easy to love. They bring us nothing but joy and loving them is no harder than breathing. They never get on our nerves, they lift us up, they are grateful and appreciative. Just easy to be around. Then there those in our lives who are not as easy to love, but we love them anyway because they are family, an old friend, a parent, a child, a sibling...there's no escaping them. It is hard because they do not approach life like us, and sometimes we can't even figure out what they are thinking or why they would think like they do much less do the things they do. It's like they live on a different planet, in a different zone somehow. However, we are to continue to show this person love and compassion. The humaness in us wants to throw our hands up and say forget it, it's too hard, and cut them off emotionally. But God's love in us makes possible what seems too hard, or impossible. Somehow through Him we are able to continue loving them and loving them above and beyond our normal human capacities. Others may even ask you how you keep "doing it" or "putting up" with the situation. Well, the answer is the Holy Spirit in us. We are given a supernatural ability to care for that person even though it is trying. The most interesting thing about this whole thing is that person is no doubt put in your life to teach you something about yourself. If you pay close attention to that difficult relationship, it somehow reflects something back to you that you need to look at in your own life. Not too pretty is it? God allows these difficult souls in our lives to help us become better "us's". He knows without some clever way to tip us off that we aren't perfect, we'd go around thinking we are. So, who is your difficult person to love? Take a hard look at what makes it them so difficult and you might get a glimpse of someone else you know very well. In loving them, we are better able to see what loving us might feel like to those that love us. Get it? God is ingenious.
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Popcorn I grew up with two sisters who both approached perfect with regards to making good grades, setting goals, spiritual attitude and overall behavior. I, on the other hand, had my favorable moments but I'm afraid that the sum of grief I caused my parents certainly makes up for them. You see, I think I might have once been in that "hard to love" category. From my place, at the time, it was "hard to feel loved" in equal measure. I don't know why.
Well ms, I am sure that you have more than made up for the adolescent grief you caused your parents. Your little sis SCL seems to think you're all that.
We are very close.
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