Another Love Lesson

I am beyond tired of 

rude, thoughtless, self-centered people!

There.

 I said it.

When someone else’s ill behavior is 

directed toward me,

 I could honestly care less.

I have learned to 

choose not to allow it to affect me.

After all, 

people misjudge and misperceive 

me all of the time.

But when ill behavior is 

directed at my children (or husband), 

that’s a different story.

Then,

 the hairs bristle,

 muscles tense, 

veins on the neck bulge, 

claws come out…

Well, you get the picture.

I love my family

 implicitly and unconditionally.

I choose to overlook and/or deal with 

their short comings 

and to see

 their value and their worth. 

I know how 

wonderful and precious 

they are 

and I treasure each one of them.

And as their mom (and wife) 

I guess I figure

 everyone else should too.

This morning, 

as I was thinking about this, 

I wondered if,

when God’s children behave

 as rude, thoughtless, self-centered imps,

 He gets tired of it too.

Jesus has told us 

that the most important thing

 we have to do in life is to 

Love.

Love –  Him with all our heart, soul, mind and strength.

Love – one another as we love ourselves.

Love – one another, just as our Father in heaven loves us.

He has told us that Love 

does not

 behave rudely 

and is not

 thoughtless or self-centered.

 And, that in Loving others,

 even better than we love ourselves, 

we have fulfilled His wishes.

And though I may be justified in 

my frustration with people’s ill behavior, 

I still live by the standard of Love.

And because of  Love;

 the Father’s unending, 

unconditional, 

all-consuming 

 Love 

which I have been saturated in;

 I  choose, 

once again,

 to let my frustration go,

 to not behave rudely back, 

and to walk and live out the 

Love 

which has been so graciously

 bestowed upon me…

...and you.

Peace.