"Our job is to love others without stopping to inquire whether or not they are worthy. That is not our business and, in fact, it is nobody's business. What we are asked to do is to love, and this love itself will render both ourselves and our neighbors worthy if anything can. "
-Thomas Merton

I love this post Danialla! It is so true! To reach out to others and touch their hearts with the love that God has touched us with, that is the most important job we have. I know I said "job", but that is because I believe not only is it the right thing to do, but it is also one of our biggest responsibilities as God's children.

And it isn't for us to decide who is worthy of that love. In order for us to do that we would have to place judgement on those people. That to me is wrong. We are supposed to even show love towards our enemies. To do what God would have us to do, we are to love others as God himself loves us. That to me means that love is all inclusive, for everyone.

Maybe there is a particular person that I might have a personal problem with, someone that I hold a grudge against, or I feel is dishonest. I would have trouble finding love for that person, yes. But that is when I am supposed to pray and ask God to help me find a way to settle my heart and find a way to love them. I can say that in my experience, He has helped me make that peace and helped find that strength and opened my heart to the possibility of loving them in spite of those things.

I totally agree, we should all strive to love oone another and do so without judgement or preconceived notions of one another.

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