5 Ways Love Makes an Eternal Difference
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In 1997, someone that I love was in the hospital. The relationship is a difficult one at best – I often found myself trying to “fix” and “correct” my loved one, who is a very prickly person. But there in that hospital room, God taught me a lesson.
“Could you bring me some water?” he asked. I took the Bible off my lap and got up to reach for the plastic cup and straw and placed it right under his chin.
My duty as “water girl” completed, I moved to sit down again, but that was when I heard my “tough cookie” relative saying, “You really love me, huh? I never knew you really loved me.”
Can I tell you how God broke me through this experience? For years, I tried to corral this person into better behavior, but I’d failed miserably. Now, the Holy Spirit was speaking to me clearly: Your job is to love him. My job is to change him.
That day, I learned that love can make an eternal difference. I made a conscious decision to choose love above all in this relationship, and I’ve seen greater transformation in my family as a result.
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For Further Contemplation:
21 Words on Loving a Tough Cookie
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