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Learn how to love people who hurt you

Learn how to love people who hurt you
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Love is not rude. Love does not demand its own way. Love is not irritable. Love keeps no record of when it has been wronged (1 Corinthians 13:5). What kind of lover are you? Everyone longs to be connected with a great lover, and life is all about learning how to love. God builds your capacity to love by testing it and by bringing unlovable people into your life. There are special categories of people who are particularly difficult to love.

First, there are the uncooperative people who are hard to get along with and to work with. They lack social skills and are often immature, irresponsible, cranky, rude and obnoxious. “The wise in heart will be called prudent, and sweetness of speech increases learning” (Proverbs 16:21).

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