I was reading the 'daily bread' this morning and it was talking about a woman whose mother has alzheimer's and she has slowly deteriorated and the woman says that through this experience she has learned what true love really is... she has learned that you stay through the good and the bad... that you continue to show love regardless of how annoyed you may be... that you love unconditionally.. and even though her mother has lost much of her memory and movement.. she is able to remember that under the person she now looks at.. is the person that she always knew... and she is able to love the person she has always been in spite of what she now sees...

 

and I was thinking... we have all had situations in our lives where it was not easy to love someone... and for me personally.. in the past.. I would just walk away... but I know that is not God's version of love.. we don't just stop dealing with people because they are hard to deal with..

 

don't misunderstand me.. I am not saying we are to stay in abusive relationships or unhealthy ones.. but we walk away from people so easily... I have brothers and sisters I haven't talked to in 23yrs because I was with a black man.. and my kids are black.. how ridiculous is that? that is not the love that God intended for us to have or to show others... God's love is constant.. it is not based on our actions.. it is not based on our feelings.. if we could learn to love as God does.. we could change the world...

 

corinthians 13: love is patient, love is kind.. love is neverending and it never fails.