Where to start; let me see…Two entries ago I was talking about my step mom and how she felt about me. Well, never before was there a person I could say I hated until my step mom. It’s not like she had me cleaning floors with a toothbrush. I guess it was the fact she disliked me so much and showed it. You know what they say, “you should be careful what you tell children.” Okay I don’t know if that is a saying but it should be. One time when my mom was upset she blurted out some major information about my step mom that made her look like the devils daughter. I know that is mean to say but it’s true. From then on I judged her and that wasn’t fare. But at the time I didn’t know any better.
We would walk around the house not speaking to each other and when we did talk it was so fake. It was eating me up inside to have such negative feeling for someone; I hated going home. Once again what took away that hatred and miss understanding was God and His Word. How about that, God taught me something at bible study, LOL, I love it when God does that. My pastor decided to teach on the subject of Loving God.
1 John 2:9-11
If we claim to be in the light and hate someone, we are still in the dark. But if we love others, we are in the light, and we don't cause problems for them. If we hate others, we are living and walking in the dark. We don't know where we are going, because we can't see in the dark.
1 John 4:16
God is love. If we continue loving others, we will stay one in our hearts with God, and he will stay one with us.
Okay these are the verses that really hit me hard!
1 John 4:19-21
We love each other as a result of his loving us first.
If someone says, "I love God," but hates a Christian brother or sister, that person is a liar; for if we don't love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we have not seen? And God himself has commanded that we must love not only him but our Christian brothers and sisters, too.
I really wanted to grow my relationship with God, not risk it. Right after bible study I went up to her and gave her a hug. It wasn’t a fake hug; it was real. I held her tight, and prayed to God right then and there to help me love her in spite of. So for a long time I was researching the word love in the bible and praying to God to help me love the way He does. Over time it all came together, understanding was the key. I realized that she was a person that had gone through something in her life. Like my mom, sister, and every other human on earth she has a past that formed her character. Even though I may not like her character doesn’t mean she doesn’t deserve to be loved. There may be someone who doesn’t like mine. I begun to believe if I could love her condition-less then maybe she could feed off of that and love me the same. Guess what you guys it worked! We may not have turned out to be mother and daughter or best friends, but we did end up loving each other in spite of the situation or personality. I love her for who she is and is not. I understand now; I love everyone; even those I don’t know because everyone is someone who needs to be love. Maybe they are mean, nasty, evil or heartless because they weren’t loved as a child. If I can love God without ever seeing him why can’t I love those I haven’t seen yet on earth. I know I may sound crazy but that’s just a tiny bit I learned about God and His type of love. It would take pages to tell all I learned about love.
Grace and Peace to All That Reads This Entry!
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