The Love Experiment

Honestly, I never thought it would go this far.
It was the suggestion of a book, and I was intrigued.
I didn't know how much it would mess me up.
Simple words.......yeah, that's what I thought.
God, teach me to love like You do.For the last year I've prayed that.
Not every day,
just whenever I remembered.
It has messed me up.
I can't dislike people anymore.
Not to say some people don't annoy me.
But instead of not liking them,
all I see is their pain.
How broken they are.
I catch a glimpse of how filled with hurt they are.
It's not easy, to be completely honest.
It's a lot easier to hate people's guts.
Loving,
having your heart break,
wondering how to even glance the surface of the pain....
It's hard.
It isn't popular.
But it's how Jesus loves.
I don't have it all together.
He does.
He sees way deeper into the pain than I ever do.
He still loves.
How do you do that? In Him.
I'm not there yet.
But I'm working on it.
And it's changed me. Honestly, I never thought it would go this far.
It was the suggestion of a book, and I was intrigued.
I didn't know how much it would mess me up.
Simple words.......yeah, that's what I thought.
God, teach me to love like You do.For the last year I've prayed that.
Not every day,
just whenever I remembered.
It has messed me up.
I can't dislike people anymore.
Not to say some people don't annoy me.
But instead of not liking them,
all I see is their pain.
How broken they are.
I catch a glimpse of how filled with hurt they are.
It's not easy, to be completely honest.
It's a lot easier to hate people's guts.
Loving,
having your heart break,
wondering how to even glance the surface of the pain....
It's hard.
It isn't popular.
But it's how Jesus loves.
I don't have it all together.
He does.
He sees way deeper into the pain than I ever do.
He still loves.
How do you do that? In Him.
I'm not there yet.
But I'm working on it.
And it's changed me.
I dare you to try.
God, teach me to love like You do.Whenever you think of it.
I wrote the word Love on as piece of paper and stuck it to my ceiling as a reminder.
See what it does to you.
It can't hurt to try.

Love:)
R