Seeing the light

I’m going to piggy back on what I said yesterday about love and kindness. I had a conversation with someone that had me thinking to discuss this more.  I had mentioned that the best way to deal with complicated situations that involve others is to speak truth with love and kindness and what really hit me was sometimes we really don’t understand the importance of that at all.  I say that because sometimes we jump to conclusions and not think about why things are the way they are when we’re dealing with others.

I remember mentioning this in a previous wisdom saying that when people are not loving, they are hurting about something.  I really don’t think most people want to react or act in a negative way but sometimes things that we encounter in our lives make us feel a certain way and we get deep into our emotions that forces us to behave negatively around others.

Love and kindness will allow people to reflect on their lives when they are dealing with trials and tribulations and give them hope to not get deeper into that depression. Jesus gives us peace and we can’t get that from no one else.  When we show love and kindness, it brings peace that the other person receives and it gives hope so when people are giving negative feedback think about that and how you respond.

I remember when I was in a situation depressed and mad at the world.  No one knew how I felt but it was a sad time for me and I did things out of character and it wasn’t’ good.  The only thing that kept me to stand and get back to reality was the love that I had witnessed through others from God.  It helped me to see the light and not be in this hole of depression.  Now, everyone is different and what works for me may not work for you but one thing that I know works for the both of us is the word of God. God is love and he wants us to love even when people aren’t loving us back.

When we love our neighbor as we love ourselves, people can see Jesus and He is the light.  When we forgive others as God forgives us, we gain peace so the bottom line is let’s not judge but look at our own lives to reflect on our  actions, let’s not jump to conclusions but know that when people are negative they are hurting and let’s practice patience with others when we witness pain.

When we’re dealing with others, we should always love but sometimes others may not show love or want to love us back but keep the door open at all times because you never know when people are ready to reflect on their lives and begin again.

Amen and Amen