“Dear friends, since God loved us that much, we surely ought to love each other.”1 John 4:11 NLT
I have friends who buy tools that thy discover need skill to use. When the discovery that use without instructions is not available it is shelved. Where is the wonder, the interest, the desire to learn something new?
Many take this approach tor relationships. Where is the long-suffering? Where is faithfulness? Where is endurance? I have an old friend that God had me endure for 14 years. She stubbornly stuck her selfish ways for years. There were times I would go home after encounter and yell:”yaaaah! God she is so frustrating! What can’t I move on?” We forget God endures with us, He is patient and long -suffering. We could do with some of that, in fact a lot of that! My old friend is now walking with the Lord.
My dad was another case I had to endure. He was bitter and twisted. I confronted his bitterness and it was rooted in unforgiveness. I made him forgive. Then God moved in and changed him. I had endured this cranky old man for many many years, but he is with the Lord now. Now, God has given me another stubborn, selfish, cranky person. ‘Aaaaagh!!!’
Love endures long! Amen!!!
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