Guns Blazing

(Love) does not behave rudely, does not seek its own, is not provoked, thinks no evil;

1 Corinthians 13:5

           It’s really easy to point out when other people have wronged you, or even to mentally and spiritually prepare yourself to be nice to people and not selfish in a proactive manner, but what happens when its reactive?
          I know for me it’s extremely easy to be nice to people in a neutral environment ( meaning when they are being pleasant or just not being difficult) but when they are being difficult or rude, or nasty to me, being nice and loving is a completely different story.
          It’s my instinct to just respond in a defensive way and if people have their guns raised, you better believe that mine are too, and chances are I’ve already fired.  But that’s not how it’s supposed to be at all, especially not when my aim to be a representative of my Lord. I am to abandon all of my guns ( even the water guns) and embrace people with love and kindness and respect, not only when they are being pleasant but especially when they aren’t!
         Isn’t that where the juxtaposition between a life that has the Love of Christ and is able to share it and the life of a non believer highlighted in it’s greatest form? What would it matter that I have the Spirit of the one True Living God abiding in me if my actions are not different from the worlds. It’s so important to be nice, and selfless and to always give people the benefit of the doubt because it’s what I wouldn’t normally do at all, and in that I cannot take the credit for the fruit that comes out of the situation ( and you know if we act int he way that the Lord commands there is going to be fruit), the only choice I’d have is to point back to my Savior....and isn’t that the whole point anyways?