Friday, April 20, 2012

Disappointed

People disappoint us. Goodness, we disappoint ourselves. Often we disagree on interpretation of how things should be. Most of these disappointments and disagreements we can easily pass over. But when our differences collide so that we are uncomfortable around the other person, that is when Jesus' command that we should love one another can seem extremely difficult.

"These things I command you that you love one another" (John 15:17).

Loving someone means we do the best for them. That may require confronting, not allowing someone to continue to violate us or others, and not pretending like nothing happened. But even after we do all the confronting, setting limits and the like, we still are commanded to love them.