Love like He loves

When I heard those words, it really hit me. Like it or not, we are all connected to one another in some kind of a spider web network bond. Some bonded by lineage, others by chain of emotions (be it love, friendship or even hatred). Throughout life, there is never smooth sailing and many times we are affected not only by the choices we make but by the choices made by the people around us. 

There had been times when I ask myself why they did what they did, times when I wanted to walk away from the consequences of their choices, times when I wanted to bail out on them because I felt so angry, so disappointed, so tired of sticking around, so taken for granted and so worthless (somehow). I blame this partly on the society. Sometimes I put myself in other people's shoes and find myself stupid. Like, really just down right stupid. Why? Because normal people walk away. They turn their backs when betrayal slaps them in their face. They run from what caused them pain. And this is the current norm, aint it? So it makes me feel kinda like a masochist every time I chose to stay. (lol, seriously)

The feeling of being ignored, replaced, sidelined, back-stabbed. 

I'll be honest, it aint the best feeling in the world.

The world can be such a wicked place, and no doubt we are easily tempted, blinded and misled into making decisions that we may very well regret in the future. Once blinded, we become deaf to the advice, our hearts hardened against rationale and we hold on to that wishful thinking, that so called "hope" that what we choose will work out to be perfect.

I mean sometimes, we go all out doing things for the ones we care about, 

doing what we can to protect them, to help them, to guide them,

only to find our efforts meaningless in their eyes,
and carrying no weight in their decisions.

Then you feel so hopeless and helpless.

It's as if all you can do is watch them charge full speed, head on, towards the wall.

Anyway, my point relating back to the words in the picture is,

I suddenly thought of God. How He was there, is there and will always be there, 

despite the wrong choices I've made and the hurt He must have felt.

I think of how He too may feel the same hopelessness and helplessness. (but then again, God is Almighty and can actually snap His finger and make me make the right choice so I dunno, does He feel that way? o.o) The point is, He didn't make us as His puppets. He gave us the gift of free will and because of that, He choose to watch over us silently. 

God said to go and love as He loves.

It sounds so simple, but to really do that, to love as He loves, how many of us can do it?

For me, what God asks of us helps me in times when my voice and intentions are belittled. It's not easy and I still have the urge to give up on people occasionally, but I'm working on it :)

Someone once told me that sometimes the best thing to do is let them hit the wall.

There will definitely be consequences but the whole trial is not yours to overcome.

It is their trials. And all I can do is be tongue tied and hands tied when they decide what they decide. But watch over them and be there for them when they hit rock bottom.