When Love Feels Heavy.

Have you been in a place where you give so much and receive less or nothing in return from some? Recently, I felt the same and went with a heavy heart to God to tell Him that I quit loving the bunch of people who threw away my efforts for them. After saying a sad prayer to God by night, when I often found my mind moving here and there with a burdened heart, I slept. When I woke up, I just wanted to know what God thinks about me. I opened my Bible and saw the following verses:

43 “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy.

44 But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you!

45 In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

46 If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much.

47 If you are kind only to your friends, how are you different from anyone else? Even pagans do that.

48 But you are to be perfect, even as your Father in heaven is perfect.”

Every time I fight back with God when people hurt me, He wins with His response. How can you argue with someone who loves you in an unimaginable way and expects that you too can do the same? !Humanly speaking, loving someone to this extent is impossible. But I decided to submit again to God. My healing is in Him. My reward is in Him. He Himself is my reward. I understood my work is to run with patience in the path He has laid down for me.

Dear God, strengthen our hearts to forgive and keep on moving forward. We have no power in us to show love to people who hurt us. Strengthen us, Lord. We pray that You bless them and us. In Jesus’ name we pray. Amen.