If the Lord didn't let all of our faults and failures as human beings go, He would have gotten rid of us all at every phase in history. Remember, when people are hard to deal with, when you have to grit your teeth to absolutely stand to be around them, God, isn't getting rid of them and neither can {I} we. If difficult people disappeared from our lives, somehow, there would be others that are unpleasant or maybe worse, to come and take their place. People are put in our life to teach us God's way not our way. Nothing would be gained, no lessons would be learned, if everyone in our life were pleasant to be around. Lessons of love, learning them and trying not to forget them when people and situations make our lives harder than we think they should be. Let the things that stand in the way of loving them go, just as God does. As a precious friend once said to me, "It's our job to love the unlovable." You will find freedom in forgiving. Many times the people that the Lord wants to touch and reach through us, are the ones we struggle with the most. Make the choice to show love to them and extend mercy, Jesus would!
For if you love those who love you what reward have you?
MATTHEW 5:44-46
