Every person is like a rose bush, beautiful and special - yet thorny. We handle some people without getting too many pricks and pokes, appreciating their unique beauty. Others we learn to avoid due to the bleeding that comes from regular contact. Some rose bushes that we avoid also are overgrown with poison ivy. Avoiding the poison ivy rose bush would seem to be a no-brainer.
God loves each rose bush and wants us to love the others as ourselves... even the ones we have learned to avoid. I have no desire to love certain ones of these. Deep inside is the fear of yet more damage being inflicted upon me.
The prayer: Lord, give me YOUR love for this person. Every part of me wants to run, but You can place the strength, ability and even the desire to love this most undesirable person.
TV~
"If I have a faith that can move mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing."
[I Corinthians 13:2b]
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