You Hurt the Ones You Love

Wow... how backwards is that. I mean think about it, that shouldn’t be normal. But unfortunately that’s the way I act on a normal basis. The ones who would do the most for you, you hurt the most when you are stressed and upset. I am sure that is hardly how Jesus acted when He took the sin from the world or His closest friends betrayed Him. I highly doubt He told His father to leave Him alone. So if I, a follower of Christ, am supposed to model my life after His life then why is it “normal” to hurt the ones closest to you.

It’s ridiculous honestly. I think back on the last call before my father had his wreck and it pains me. He might not even think it was a big deal, but it brings tears to my eyes knowing it could have been the last time I talked to him. I was super short with him and said “I have a headache; I don’t want to talk to you. I told you I don’t feel good, call me later.” I mean are you KIDDING ME?!?! How dare I speak to my own father that way. If that had been the last time I spoke to my father I would be devastated.

I think about how painful it is to learn the lesson of why you shouldn’t treat the ones you love this way and I kinda wish I could learn that lesson without it being from experience. But then I realize, if I didn’t learn the lesson for myself and feel how bad I felt afterwards, then I would never fully understand why it is so bad. Even after I feel bad and know I was wrong, I get stressed and do it again.

I am fortunate enough to have many people who love me right now, who would stand by and love me through the lowest of lows. Yet in a low place, I have the audacity to turn my attitude against them. Jesus faced more pain than I will ever as a human understand, yet I act as if I have the right to take my pain out on others. It just blows my mind. Bad day or good day, the ones who truly love you would love you through the highs and the lows. So why treat them poorly? To take advantage of their love? Because at the end of the day they will still love you? That’s not cool, nor is it Christian of us. That is not what Jesus would do. What if God had mood swings? What if he just wasn’t in the mood to help us? The very reason we know love and we know how to love is because HE LOVED US FIRST.

Therefore I want to challenge everyone, when you are having a bad day and just want someone to back off or to take it out on them, take a second think about it. Is it worth it? Would Jesus act the way you are about to. I promise to take this challege as well. I know that no one is perfect (besides our Lord) but there is no harm in trying.

"Do to others as you would have them do to you." Luke 6:31
 “…‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.” Mark 12:31

"We love because he first loved us." 1 John 4:19