I need your grace, to remind me of my own.
I’m not really sure what to do, how to act, or even what to think. I see a persn hurting and I automatically feel the need to fix it or help them in some way. Yet this time I’m not sure what to do because the person I see hurting and needing help has hurt me. When I reached out to them when everyone else believed the lies they put out they shut me down. Ignoring my offers to work with them and get them in a better place. As a christian I feel I must fight in Gods name and help this person but another part of me is saying “you did what you could, theres no point in trying anymore”. Its hard for me to just walk away. I can’t agree with the person they have become but it is hard for me to accept that this is who they are. The passionate person in me is screaming to stand up and fight. But I have learned that sometimes no matter what you do some people just wont listen. We are constantly let down, constantly ignored, constantly forgotten. I guess I just don’t know what to do now. Sometimes I really wish I wasn’t so nice.
When you reach out and love your enemies, you are most like Christ.
Remember:
Mat 5:43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’
Mat 5:44 But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you,
Mat 5:45 so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
Mat 5:46 For if you love those who love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the tax collectors do the same?
Mat 5:47 And if you greet only your brothers, what more are you doing than others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same?
Mat 5:48 You therefore must be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
You are NEVER more like Christ than when you love those who have hurt you!
I understand what you mean! I remember trying to help people and I would get blown off and I felt like I would never make a difference, but you can’t give up and you just have to keep trying. I always feel like I have to help someone in need and it’s not a good feeling when you get let down, but you just need to keep pushing and trying and praying to God because you never know if it could change that persons life.
Love those who persecute you. Pray for those who hate you.