I am human, and judgemental. But I have to love everyone, regardless of their faults and indiscretions, or at least try to.. because those things that bug the heck out of me are small and trivial to God. He sees past them and loves those people anyways.
Someone who is no longer part of my family, but who still has an influential role in the nature of other members of my family's lives (was that discreet enough? I hope not!) is the prime example of someone who tests my limits of forginevess and Christian love.
And although I have a stong desire to see "karma" come around and bite these people right where it hurts, I know that it is God's will that everyone should love one another.
So, I will pray for (he/she/them) , my family, and myself. Hopefully they will find God and begin to be a better person. Hopefully I will learn to forgive more fully.
So true. Noticing other people's shortcomings (of course I have none of my own, LOL)is something I am trying to work on. Like you said, God loves us anyway, flaws and all.
ReplyDeleteBTW, I just added you to my blogroll. I find if I don't do that right away when I find a blog I like, I tend to lose it in cyberspace until the author posts another comment on my blog. Comments are a great way to find new and interesting blogs!