"it doesn't pay to be kind." how often do we hear this phrase from the world? after all, we all want to be nice, it's just that the people that we love aren't appreciative of what we are trying to do for them. sometimes to the extent that you either become verbally abusive or the middle finger just pops up right smack at their face.
yes we all know that "God is love", but have we ever seen this, "God is nice" ? we are also aware that God is faithful, trustworthy, compassionate, patient and the list goes on. but we never see that God is 'nice'.
being nice to people is merely depending upon our own human strength, and not God's. however, we begin to see and feel things differently if we draw strength from God, instead of being mr. nice guy, we actually learn to love. with God's strength, we can stop pretending to be nice, but rather to sincerely and spiritually love that person even though he is still not appreciative of what you are doing for him/her. God commands us to love Him and our neighbors as ourselves, those who offends/curses us, and our own enemies.
we can be nice to people and still end up failing. but God's love is never failing, it never disappoints us.
today, my friend, are you willing to draw God's strength and try to love the unloved, those whom you don't love, and yourself?
and when you begin to love that person, you will also begin to experience God's love for you!
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* if you are reading this, you know who you are. fighting!
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