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04-29-2009, 03:51 PM
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Re: I can't stand someone!!!
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The Word instructs us to love everybody, but it doesn't say we have to like them...........  |
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends
Do you really think it is easier to love than to like someone? Why?
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04-29-2009, 04:06 PM
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Re: I can't stand someone!!!
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Originally Posted by mizpeh
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends
Do you really think it is easier to love than to like someone? Why?
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I've heard that cliche a lot of times, and I think there's a little truth to it. You can be kind TO someone, and genuinely want the best for them, without liking how they are as a person.
I don't think it's easier to love. I think it's the meaning of love that matters--you can love someone unconditionally, which means, even if you don't like them. Love isn't something you say so much as something you DO.
Haven't you ever been angry with your husband? Or a parent? You still love them, right? Just because you're unhappy with someone, or don't like them (temporarily or permanently) doesn't mean you can't or don't love them.
Hence: You have to love everyone, but you don't have to like them.
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To see no possession but you may possess it—enjoying all without labor or purchase—
abstracting the feast, yet not abstracting one particle of it;…."
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04-29-2009, 04:29 PM
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Re: I can't stand someone!!!
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
PO, pray for her, and it will be therapeutic for you!!! And ask God to give you the wisdom to deal with her personality. I think some of the most difficult people to deal with are those who have been hurt.
However, I DO know what you mean. And...that's as far as I'll go with that!  |
I agree - hurting people are the hardest to deal with AND the ones that need the most love! We lay down our very hearts when we reach for those in a hurting mindset or situation. I think we must be willing.
I have been praying that God would give me wisdom in dealing with her personality. Well, I asked that He would help me to have an understanding heart toward her. Same thing, right? lol
As to the bold part, above - I KNEW PEOPLE WOULD NOT ELABORATE!!!  
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Originally Posted by MissBrattified
I've heard that cliche a lot of times, and I think there's a little truth to it. You can be kind TO someone, and genuinely want the best for them, without liking how they are as a person.
I don't think it's easier to love. I think it's the meaning of love that matters--you can love someone unconditionally, which means, even if you don't like them. Love isn't something you say so much as something you DO.
Haven't you ever been angry with your husband? Or a parent? You still love them, right? Just because you're unhappy with someone, or don't like them (temporarily or permanently) doesn't mean you can't or don't love them.
Hence: You have to love everyone, but you don't have to like them. |
That's kind of how I interpret Romans 12:18 "IF IT BE POSSIBLE, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men.
Perhaps I should be focusing on the middle part of that verse - "...as much as lieth in you,..."
That is almost giving you a measure to weigh yourself by!
Well, at least I did what Mizpeh said to do - Read Romans 12! Actually, I do feel more tender in my heart at this moment, but I haven't walked into the sanctuary yet!!!
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05-06-2009, 11:38 AM
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Re: I can't stand someone!!!
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Originally Posted by mizpeh
4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant
5 or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful;
6 it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth.
7 Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.
8 Love never ends
Do you really think it is easier to love than to like someone? Why?
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No it's not easier to love than to like. But we are instructed to love, in the same manner as Jesus loved. Do you think Jesus liked Judas?
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