"Let love be without hypocrisy..." Romans 12:9
If you're anybody who lives to please, or has a keen sense of what others are feeling or thinking, you may also have wrestled with this verse. Times I've probably struggled most in my Christian faith, is when it involved making others happy. I aimed to go along with their first choices and attempted to keep their comfort bar level. I can remember the moment this verse struck a chord with me, because I'd been dealing with the question of integrity in going along with activities with which I may not have felt comfortable, in order to spend "quality time" with another person. Essentially, this passage in Romans spoke in a way that said "If you are trying to love someone in a way that is turning against what you believe in, than essentially you are not loving them because you will be pointing them away from the Truth - Jesus Christ, Who is the definition of love." Jesus was key at teaching the truth in love. They go together. As a follower of Christ, it's only hypocritical to try to show love to someone, by stepping away from what we believe in - outside the realms of truth. Because Christ desires us to love one another, trust Him to reveal His way of loving those around us.
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