Love like you've never been hurt
There's a book written by Jentezen Franklin called "Love Like You've Never Been Hurt: Hope, Healing and the Power of an Open Heart."
I haven't read it yet, but listened to him on a radio talk show this morning. The things he said about the trials he and his wife have been through hit home. I've been there.
It's hard when life isn't fair. It's hard when someone disappoints you or shuts you out of their life. But God has commanded us to do the exact opposite of what our feelings might tell us to do. Normally when you're hurt by someone, you want to lash out; you want to get vengeance, but as it says in the Bible, vengeance is not ours, but God's.
This life is so full of hate and vengeance but as Christians, we must let God fight our battles. We have to let Him take care of the wrath that is due to the wicked. We must leave the vengeance to God.
Love your enemies; pray for those who persecute you!
1 Peter 3:9 - "Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may obtain a blessing."
Deuteronomy 32:35 - "Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly