Love Your Neighbor Challenge — Day 25

Love Believes: Part 2

We tell ourselves stories about people and though this can make it seem dramatic, it can be detrimental to cast people into victim, villain, and hero roles.

When we characterize someone as a villain, we try to define them by how they’re living their life in one period of time. That unrelenting boss or the rude customer is probably more multidimensional than just the circumstance or timeframe you’re privy to.
When we think of someone as a villain, we forget that the real villain isn’t a person. We don’t fight against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers.

It’s likely that the person you’re thinking of as a villain is someone who needs Christ so very much. Let’s show that person what the love of Christ looks like.

(Just because someone needs God’s love, it doesn’t negate the consequences they face for their actions. If the “villain” is a thief or murderer, we can show love, while still following through on the fair punishment required by law.)

There’s a little less than a week left to join our month-long Love Your Neighbor Challenge! But it’s not too late! This has the power to change your world.

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