"Dear friends, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." (1 John 4:11)
Having a job relating to people, a lifestyle of love is a requirement. Loving people through their pain and when they are at their very worst is not easy. I lose patience, I grow weary, and I at times feed into the lie that change is not possible. God loves with an everlasting love, a love so deep that the ocean cannot even contain it. It's big, unconditional, love. This is the love I am called to love other people with. I realize that the reason I struggle to provide this love to others, is not because I don't see them as I should, it's because I don't see myself as I should. I don't love myself as I ought to. If I cannot properly receive God's love, then I cannot love myself, and I certainly cannot love others. God wants my love for others to be based on the love I've received from Him. If I continue to wrestle with the idea that God loves me, the longer I am missing the ability to love others. Lord, please break down the walls of cynicism that I have built up around my heart. Get rid of the lie that Your love for me is based on my circumstances. Tear down the pillars of distrust in Your heart for me. Allow my heart to be vulnerable to Your grace. Allow my spirit attentive to Your sweet voice. And flood my life with a love so great that it overflows to those around me. May I love because You have loved me.
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