There are two kinds of love: we love wise and kind and beautiful people because we need them, but we love (or try to love) stupid and disagreeable people because they need us. This second kind is the more divine because that is how God loves us: not because we are lovable but because He is love, not because He needs to receive but He delights to give.
--- C. S. Lewis.
Yups. I am glad that I took the initiative to love someone difficult this week. Even gladder I am now to realise that this person probably needed me. Awww.
Dear God, grant me the grace and tenacity to continue loving this person even when this person does not reciprocate according to my wishes - not because I need to receive but rather because I delight to give - as a friend, neighbour, and a sister in Christ. Let me find Your joy, Your passion, and Your faith of loving this person. In Jesus' name, amen.
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