Sometimes liking (enjoying, being pleased to see) someone is even more powerful than loving someone. I’ve met a few men and women who, in trying to sound magnanimous or even holy who have declared: “I really love my son (or my husband, daughter, in-laws, pastor) but I just don’t like him (her, them) right now.”
Great! Thanks. What does one do when one is on the receiving end of such a “compliment”?
If you do not like a particular person whom you also confess to love, I’d suggest you have some homework to complete.
What is it about you that you cannot reconcile these two distinctly different responses (love and dislike) within you, when it comes to the very same person?
Of course, I understand that people whom we love can and will do some detestable things and sometimes must be censured for their objectionable behavior. But is confessed dislike the helpful response?
My challenge is, and I direct it as much to myself as I do to readers: work on yourself to the place where you like and also love the very same people.
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