Top 10 Ways to Love When It's Hard

Our love to God is measured by our everyday fellowship with others and the love it displays. -- Andrew Murray

There is more hunger for love and appreciation in this world than for bread. -- Mother Teresa

Am I not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them? -- Abraham Lincoln

1. Pray regularly for that person, even if he feels like an enemy.
2. Look for practical ways to serve him, even if he doesn't know.
3. Be available; time is the most precious gift you can offer.
4. Take opportunities to honor and speak well of that one.
5. Include him, when appropriate, in special activities.
6. Sometimes a hug or brief touch can communicate what words cannot.
7. Take the risk to share your heart with that person; be the real you.
8. If possible, worship or pray together or in a small group.
9. Journal your desire for God's good in his life.
10. Thank God for changing you thought that person.