Loving one another....

It always amazes me how much kids really do hear what we are saying. My daughter threw a bowl at my son the other day and before I could approach to tell her what she did was wrong I overheard my son saying "Gianna I love you, but I do not like your behavior." Part of me wanted to bust out laughing because I was shocked he said it and the other part of me wanted to cry because he actually knew what he was saying. All those times he has done something wrong and I expressed how much I loved him but that I did not like what he did he was able to articulate in the situation with his sister. Isn't that how God looks at us..He loves us no matter what but sometimes isn't so happy with the way we act. We are so quick to look down on people, judge them or just simply not open our arms to them. Sometimes people just need to be loved. I learned this summer that "hurt people, hurt people." Every time someone hurts me or I hear of someone else being hurt I try to remember that the person doing the hurt has other stuff going on in their life (or in their past) causing them to be the way they are. My anger or frustration quickly turns to feeling bad for the person.
I'm guilty of doing my share of hurting others as well..not intentionally but it has happened. Looking back as to why I said what I did or what was behind it, I've realized my anger came out to someone that was just at the wrong place at the wrong time. They got the brunt of my emotions when they were never even part of the real issues behind it. In 1 John 4:11 it simply says " Dear friend, since God so loved us, we also ought to love one another." There is no reason to make others feel bad..especially when its in effort to just make ourselves feel better. One thing that bothers me the most is how much people talk behind others backs. If you have something to say I'd prefer you say it to my face. I'm not speaking about a specific situation I'm just saying in general and I'm sure most if not all people would feel the same way. Life is not always easy and until you are in a persons shoes you have no right or reason to say a word about what another person is going through or the life they are leading.
God did not put us on earth to hurt each other..just seems to be what happens. We all just need to make more of a conscious effort to love those around us even when they hurt us. I know this is not an easy task but it is the right thing and will make you feel better in the end. I have found that when someone hurts me if I turn around and pray for the person God helps my heart to heal from what they said or did. We are not here to please everyone else but rather to make sure we are doing what God has called us to do.... Simply love one another <3