I spend a lot of energy worrying about whether I'm going to do or say something to offend my friends and family. The Lord, of course, doesn't require us to earn His love and friendship, and He's been showing me that I don't need to earn it from others either. This is so freeing! I'm not going to stop trying to make others happy, but it's wonderful to be able to stop worrying about it.
A while ago we got a movie from the library called Mozart and the Whale. It's about two autistic people who fell in love with each other. Their disability made them unable to be fake, so they always expressed their feelings and ended up hurting each other often. Yet their love endured through it all. Reminds me of 1 Corinthians 13:4,5: "love....does not take into account a wrong suffered." Another show we watch is House, M.D. That man is such a royal jerk, but I'm wondering if he's testing people to see if they love him in the Biblical way. Kids, don't try this at home! Seriously though, when I think of how many times I've sinned against people, it's a wonder they like or love me at all, yet they do. I'm thinking that relationships aren't as fragile as I had thought. But if I ever did push someone to the end of their patience, I could go on as long as I believed that I could be loved without having to earn it. This is making me very happy!
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