Beloved, if God so loved us, we also ought to love one another. 1 John 4:11

 

If you’ve ever worn polarized glasses, you know that it filters out the light’s glare so you an see more clearly. It’s especially true when you look into lake water, everything becomes clearer. If you haven’t tried a pair on, go for it, the view is spectacular.

 

If you’ve studied the bible at any great length, you know that God is love and Jesus spoke about the importance of loving others. But, given this fleshly body, that can be quite difficult. People can disappoint you, even hurt you or those whom you are very close. Because of the negative experiences with others, the word love can easily be replaced by hate, revenge, anger and shunting them from your life. That’s not how God intended for His children to respond.

 

Only by the power of God’s grace, can you truly see the world through the eyes of God’s love. God uses those opportunities of disappointment to tender your heart so grace and mercy can blossom from the ashes of being burned by others. The purest example of this grace is Jesus hanging on the cross, asking His Father to forgive them (Luke 23:34).

 

If you’ve been wounded and having a difficult time finding love in your vocabulary for this person, ask God to help heal your heart and plant His seed of grace and mercy in the spoils of your pain. He’ll do it and bless you and heal that relationship far beyond anything you can do by your own strength and power. God bless!