I saw a woman with these three words tattooed onto her arm. What a great reminder. What a great phrase, one that Jesus lived by so well. Why can’t I be more like that? When my feelings are hurt by that person? Love them anyway. When someone endangers the people I love? Love them anyway. It doesn’t matter what they’ve done or who they are; Jesus asks us to love them despite it all. Because that’s what He did. To some these three words wouldn’t be hard to live by. But I’ve spent the past 4 months with 16 girls who wouldn’t say the same. They’ve been hurt, broken, in pain, all from people who they thought were trustworthy, from people who they thought loved them. Yet Jesus says to us, “love them anyway.”
Let those words be etched on our hearts. It’s so easy to love a God who has never once failed us, lied to us, or done us harm. It’s so easy to love someone who loves you back. It’s when we are asked to love the person who rapped us, murdered, called us a name, or hurt us, then it gets hard. But Jesus did just that. He loved the ones who spit on Him, insulted Him, laughed at Him, crucified Him, denied Him, and cursed Him. Jesus. What an unfathomable and perfect example you are to us. To me. I want to be more like you, so I’m going to “love them anyway…”
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