We are called to love others according to their need. As much as a person needs, to that extent we are called to love our neighbor.
Some people have been deeply wounded, so they need much love. For those who have been emotionally scarred, we are called to generously give them plentiful love so that God may heal them through us.
At first we might feel tempted to dismiss some people as being too needy. Yet we could have been the ones gravely abused and thus could have been the ones sorely in need of extensive love. Conscious that we could have been in dire need of considerable love, with this insight we can choose to give the love to our neighbor which we would have wanted to receive ourselves, and thus we can come to love our neighbor as ourselves,* as Jesus taught us to do. Well aware that we could have found ourselves deeply in need of great love, we can find it possible to open our hearts to others.
When we encounter those who have been severely hurt, God calls us to open our hearts wide. If we open our hearts wide to God, He can fill us with abundant love for others.** With hearts full of the abounding love which God has bounteously bestowed upon us, we are empowered then give to the emotionally damaged what they so desperately need.
Filled with the love of God, we can give copious love to those who greatly need it. If we open our hearts to God, we can become much more than we have been. By opening our hearts to God, and welcoming His love into our hearts, we become who God has always meant us to be.
* Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14
** Romans 5:5
Some people have been deeply wounded, so they need much love. For those who have been emotionally scarred, we are called to generously give them plentiful love so that God may heal them through us.
At first we might feel tempted to dismiss some people as being too needy. Yet we could have been the ones gravely abused and thus could have been the ones sorely in need of extensive love. Conscious that we could have been in dire need of considerable love, with this insight we can choose to give the love to our neighbor which we would have wanted to receive ourselves, and thus we can come to love our neighbor as ourselves,* as Jesus taught us to do. Well aware that we could have found ourselves deeply in need of great love, we can find it possible to open our hearts to others.
When we encounter those who have been severely hurt, God calls us to open our hearts wide. If we open our hearts wide to God, He can fill us with abundant love for others.** With hearts full of the abounding love which God has bounteously bestowed upon us, we are empowered then give to the emotionally damaged what they so desperately need.
Filled with the love of God, we can give copious love to those who greatly need it. If we open our hearts to God, we can become much more than we have been. By opening our hearts to God, and welcoming His love into our hearts, we become who God has always meant us to be.
* Matthew 22:39; Mark 12:31; Luke 10:27; Leviticus 19:18; Romans 13:9; Galatians 5:14
** Romans 5:5
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