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When you have a hard time loving someone
Remember, actions speak louder
I love my cat. But, sometimes I want to strangle her. She can be demanding. She can create a mess that I have to clean up. Sometimes she wakes me up way too early or makes me get up way too often to let her in or out.
Yet I never doubt I love her. It’s easy for me to treat her lovingly even when I’m irritated. Because, you know, she’s a cat.
I have an easy time loving soft furry creatures like dogs and cats and even the squirrels that raid my bird feeder. They’re just so cute, after all, and, besides, they are emotionally simple. I don’t worry that they’ll stab me in the back.
People on the other hand…
Yet, as a Christian, I’m called to love people.
How does one do that, though, when the person in question is reprehensible?
I try to remind myself that I’ve also done bad things, and God still loves me. Unfortunately, that doesn’t always work. After all, the bad stuff I’ve done really doesn’t match up to the bad things a mass murderer has done, right? Or how about the neighbor who is constantly tearing people down? Or the boss from hell?
Then one day it dawned on me.
