Needing help loving the strange people in my life...
Posted: Tue Dec 14, 2010 7:39 am
Hey guys, This thread has to do with improving my walk with God, and to bring forth for Fruit of the Spirit. I was wanting to ask you all how I can love other people better, well not so much love other people better, but to show them love better. And by that I mean, how can I show them that I'm true and genuine in my love toward them and not be taken as a person that is lying, trying to do harm or just trying to get favors whether it be material, sexual, or other selfish favors.
I ask this not because I"m not willing to love people, I do and I want to be able to show people more, but the thing is, all the people that I'm currently around in my life (or at least away from the computer) are rather flaky, odd, two faced, cold, and distant. I don't know what the deal is whether it's specifically my family and friends, or the people in my town, or state, or if it's people in America or people in general. The people I"m around tend to have short fuses, get angry and offended by the slightest thing, and even when I try to say and do good things to them, they think I have ulterior motives. Even when I try to talk to members of my family or other acquaintances about God and the Bible they think I have a strange and possibly evil agenda, and mind you these people claim to be Christians as well.
They also seem to act almost paranoid at times, is this something you all see with people in your lives? If so, that could be a good indication of how people either in this country or people in general are acting in this day and age. And if that is the case, people how genuinely want to help and show others that they care and love them can easily get hampered by others who think others are out to get them. Are there ways I can show people that I love and care about them without having them go nuts like they do?
Because for me it's getting quite bad, it seems like every time I try to be more caring and social around people, I get handed the cold shoulder and I'm relegated back to the life I've lived for most of my life, that of a loner. It almost feels like the best way I can show the people around me that I love and care is to stay away and do nothing at all, and just "give them their space". Is that a good and Christ-like way to love people? But anyway, let me know what you think would be the best way to handle situations like this. Thanks and GB.
I ask this not because I"m not willing to love people, I do and I want to be able to show people more, but the thing is, all the people that I'm currently around in my life (or at least away from the computer) are rather flaky, odd, two faced, cold, and distant. I don't know what the deal is whether it's specifically my family and friends, or the people in my town, or state, or if it's people in America or people in general. The people I"m around tend to have short fuses, get angry and offended by the slightest thing, and even when I try to say and do good things to them, they think I have ulterior motives. Even when I try to talk to members of my family or other acquaintances about God and the Bible they think I have a strange and possibly evil agenda, and mind you these people claim to be Christians as well.
They also seem to act almost paranoid at times, is this something you all see with people in your lives? If so, that could be a good indication of how people either in this country or people in general are acting in this day and age. And if that is the case, people how genuinely want to help and show others that they care and love them can easily get hampered by others who think others are out to get them. Are there ways I can show people that I love and care about them without having them go nuts like they do?
Because for me it's getting quite bad, it seems like every time I try to be more caring and social around people, I get handed the cold shoulder and I'm relegated back to the life I've lived for most of my life, that of a loner. It almost feels like the best way I can show the people around me that I love and care is to stay away and do nothing at all, and just "give them their space". Is that a good and Christ-like way to love people? But anyway, let me know what you think would be the best way to handle situations like this. Thanks and GB.