“For the commandments, 'You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder,

You shall not steal, You shall not covet,' and any other commandment,

are summed up in this word: 'You shall love your neighbor as yourself.' 

¹⁰ Love does no wrong to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.”

Romans 13: 9-10

It's really hard to love someone like Christ when you're fighting bitterness.

Today, I as I was fighting my own bitterness,

I was stopped dead in my tracks by that still small voice…
of God's spirit.

I had previously been thinking,

"How could they?!?

If I were God, I would have run out of patience by now!"

It was in the moment right after that thought,

that I realized how ridiculous that sounds.

Because you see,

the problem with that statement of mine

is that the grace that has been freely extended to me,

is equally as undeserved

as the grace that has been extended to this individual who hurt me.

...

Jesus, please,

help me to let Your love in.

& live it out.

Everyday.

Even when it feels impossible.

Philippians 4:13