If we say we love God, but hate others, we are liars. For we cannot love God, whom we have not seen, if we do not love others, whom we have seen. 1John 4:20 (GNT)
If it were up to me, I probably would not have put this verse in the Bible. Fortunately, it wasn’t up to me.

In the movie “Peaceful Warrior”, Nick Nolte plays a character that is referred to as Socrates. Socrates is the enigmatic mentor of the main character, who is a college gymnast.. At some point, Socrates tells his pupil that “Those who are the hardest to love, need it the most.”

Sometimes I think that the above verse from 1st John and whoever wrote “Peaceful Warrior” had me in mind. This seems to apply to me and those I find I have a hard time loving as Christ did. Upon further review, when I have been at my hardest to love, is exactly when I needed God’s loving touch the most.