Day 134: Another Facet of Love

To focus on something more positive now, I wanted to turn your attention to something I came across in Ephesians 4:2.  That verse says that we as Christians must be patient, so making allowances for each others' faults because of love.  I hadn't thought of love in that way before.  It's hard to patient, and dealing with annoying bad habits from our friends or family can really grate on our nerves.  That's what we're supposed to do when we love others and accept them for who they are.  Things get more interesting though when you anticipate that a person will sin and even get on your nerves.  We're humans, and those emotions are guaranteed to occur.  Since this fact is such obvious knowledge, why don't we prepare for it by expecting a person to hurt us or annoy us?  That way it won't come as such a surprise.  Plus, putting up with an easy-going person is not hard.  Still showing patient love to someone who bugs us to death shows true love and devotion.