Choosing Love in a World That Hurts

• By candidasullivan
• March 26, 2025
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It can seem like a small, insignificant thing until we are the one who needs the thing. 

Sometimes, I wonder where compassion went. How did we become so selfish and cruel toward others? When did we stop caring? 

If we pause for a moment and examine things, we can see the downhill spiral of love. So many are hurting; if we look closely enough, we can see the pain in their actions. The enemy tells us that if someone hurts us, we should hurt them back. And that is how we keep the cycle of pain going.

However, I believe that love wins. I believe in treating others with kindness and how I want them to treat me.  

No one else has to pay for my actions. That’s between God and me. I have to pay for things I do, and others have to pay for what they do. 

I had someone hurt me badly. It caused anger to build up inside of me. Every day, the anger gnawed at me and caused me pain. It caused me to have horrible thoughts and feelings. When I sat with God and told Him all about it, He showed me my part it in all. Yes, the other person hurt me. But it was how I reacted to the anger that caused me pain. God showed me that unforgiveness is a sin. 

The Bible tells us to do good to those who do us wrong, and it will heap fires of coal upon their heads. There is no space or place in my life for anger and hatred. It is like a poison that consumes me. It hurts me and causes an internal war. 

Therefore, I choose to let it all go. I truly want to be like Jesus. I want to pray loving prayers for those who hurt me. Imagine if Jesus would have hit those who hit Him and treated them the way they treated Him. We would all be hurting. But Jesus chose to love instead. 

That’s what I want for my life: LOVE. I want God’s love to fill me so deeply that it pours onto others. I want to share God’s love with those who haven’t experienced it. We show others God by showing them love. 

When I feel blocks in the flow of God’s love, I want to sit with Him and let Him help me clear it all up. Every day, I want to feel love, joy, and peace, so I have to pursue God to feel those things. 

What do you want to feel?

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