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<p><em> Almost everyday, I pray for the ability to love.</em> It&#8217;s easy to love people when it&#8217;s convenient and it&#8217;s also easy to love people when they too, love us. However lately, I&#8217;ve faced a few road bumps that seemingly took away my ability to love everyone like the bible commands us to do. There was once a time when I would say, &#8220;hate is such a strong word, don&#8217;t use it.&#8221; But I&#8217;d reached a point that was so low that I felt a deep dislike for some individuals so much that I would think to myself, &#8220;I actually hate them&#8221;. Now that some time has passed I realize that I don&#8217;t hate them.<strong><em> To hate them is for me to hate God because he created them</em></strong> and foresaw every encounter I would have with everyone in my life way before I was even born.<em><strong> For me to seek fault in those bad encounters would be for me to seek fault in God&#8217;s plan</strong></em>&#8230; are you catching on to what I&#8217;m getting at? <em><strong>To be in one accord with God&#8217;s plan and his will, you must be accepting of all situations that come your way, and that will come with growth. </strong></em></p>
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<p>So how do you know when you&#8217;ve grown? You&#8217;ll know when you&#8217;ve grown because you love<strong> <em>people who have wronged you</em></strong>. You also know you&#8217;ve grown when you can love <strong><em>people who don&#8217;t love themselves</em></strong>. This is simply because neither one of these types of people have anything to offer you. People who don&#8217;t love themselves can&#8217;t show you love because they themselves don&#8217;t feel it. <em><strong>How could anyone fill your cup when theirs is empty? </strong></em></p>
<p>With that being said, I pray that you ask God for the ability to love others &#8220;in spite of&#8221;. In spite of what they have to offer you, in spite of how beautiful they are, in spite of what they&#8217;ve done to you and in spite of all things that can benefit you. <em><strong>That in itself, is true love</strong></em>.</p>
<p>-From Me to You, Love.</p>
<blockquote><p><em><span id="en-NIV-28670" class="text 1Cor-13-4"><sup class="versenum">4 </sup>Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.</span> <span id="en-NIV-28671" class="text 1Cor-13-5"><sup class="versenum">5 </sup>It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs.</span> <span id="en-NIV-28672" class="text 1Cor-13-6"><sup class="versenum">6 </sup>Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.</span> <span id="en-NIV-28673" class="text 1Cor-13-7"><sup class="versenum">7 </sup>It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.</span></em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">-1 Corinthians 13:4-7</p>
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