“By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
- John 13:35
We all have people in our life who we can’t stand.
Someone who rubs us the wrong way, makes us crazy, is our polar opposite and who we would never associate with if we had our way.
It could be a dominating parent, an annoying sibling, an angry boss, a sleazy co-worker, a snobby peer, a self-righteous church member or even a spouse or partner who we no longer get along with.
It can be the way they act, the things they say, their demeanor, their habits, their attitude, their beliefs, the way their chew their food…it could be their very existence!
But for whatever reason, they are in our lives. But why?
Why does God put these difficult people in our lives and why, after much prayer, won’t God change them or remove them from us so we can have some peace and quiet? After all, isn’t God in our life to make our life more pleasant?
Dfficult people are in our lives because we need to learn how to LOVE.
Christ came to Earth and had to sacrifice Himself. Because all of us, all of humankind, each of us, refuses to love each other. We are self-centered and demanding that others be as we want them to be.
Jesus came to teach us how to love each other because the world has gone astray from love for Him and each other. The problems of the world all stem from our inability to love God and each other. Everyone wants their own way and in doing so, doesn’t care about anyone else.
We are now a divided country, a divided nation…a divided world.
No one can stand anyone else.
Why are there difficult people in our lives?
Because we all must learn how to LOVE.
Jesus teachings were all about loving God and loving our neighbor.
He told us to forgive, to have compassion, not to judge, to pray for those who are against us, to welcome the stranger, to heal and help the sick, the poor and the hungry. To treat others the same way we want others to treat us.
That in everything we do...do it with God's Love.
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