Showing Love

"WOWWW..that person is so annoying. Do you really expect me to show them love?"

"That person bullies me, do you really want me to show them love?"

Ever have this conversation with God? You wonder how he expects you to love some

of the hardest people to get along with, people that hurt you, and people that hurt others

around you. Well, he does. He expects us to love the unlovable. There are a handful of 

people I would be okay with going my whole life never speaking to them. But how will

they know God's love if I never show it to them, when they hear that I am a christian

but see that my actions aren't matching up to what the bible says, do you think that

they will want to try out this whole Christianity thing. Christians can be the most

judgmental people ever, and who wants to listen to a judgmental person speak about 

following Jesus. A man who loved everyone and showed mercy and grace, a man who

ate with the sinners, and cast away demons out of wackadoos. He wasn't afraid to get 

messy, he wasn't judgmental, he loved and went out and showed love. No matter the 

circumstance Jesus showed love. Even to the people who put him to death and who 

persecuted him, the people who mocked him and spit on him. He showed them love. And 

in the bible it says that we are to be imitators of Jesus. Yes, maybe that person is 

annoying, but what if everyone thinks he/she is annoying and no one talks to them and 

they feel alone and are on the brink of suicide, what if your love could be the thing that 

saved them and changed them for the good. The person that bullies you is being abused 

at home and feels worthless, and they want others to feel that way too. Or maybe this

person has a million friends and is still a bully or annoying, and maybe they think their

life is perfect and they are just mean to you because they feel that they can do whatever

they want. Still, show them love. After a while they will wonder "why is this person I've

been mean to for years treating me with such love and kindness." And that may change

them for the good. It doesn't matter the circumstance, show love. Show love.






Ephesians 5:1

Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children.



John 13:34

A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.


Romans 13:10

Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.


John 15:12


“This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.