Loving Well

You know those people in our lives who just drive us crazy, but we still find a way to love them. Or maybe those who we should love but we don't see how we can after what they have done to someone we love or our self. And then there are those people who are so easy to love they are just such a joy! It would be easy if all we had to do was love those who love us but we are called to a higher calling, to love those who don't love us. Matt 5:43-48


This last weekend our church had a Ladies Workshop and the theme was Loving Well. It was one of Beth Moore's retreats. If you haven't done a Beth Moore Bible study I would highly recommend doing so. The retreat this weekend focused on how there are 4 different types of people in our lives and how we are called to love all of them. She named them Joy, Testy, Foe & Far. She described them as Joy - of course the easy ones to love; Testy - the ones who drive you crazy to love; Foe - the ones who make your blood boil; and the Far - the strangers. She also gave us a "Pep Talk for our Soul" 1. God is perfect love 2. Nothing can separate us from God's perfect love 3. God pours His perfect love into my imperfect heart 4. Accessed, I can love anyone through anything.


Her key verses for the weekend were 1 John 4:7-8. She talked about how when we love who we see impossible to love, that is when others can see God through us. There are some people in our lives who it is humanly impossible to love, that is why we have to call on God. We have to accept that He loves us and show that love to others. She mentioned how God won't do through us what we won't let Him do in us. We have to be willing to accept His perfect love and then we can share that love w/everyone else.

This weekend was a great retreat that gave me insight on loving well. And who the loving well is. We need to be filled w/love from the loving well; God. I would challenge all of us, myself included to not only love those who love us but love those who are more difficult to love. As Beth Moore said we need to learn to love not w/human, self seeking love, but God's love.