How Can I Love You for Who You Are and Not Who I Want You to Be or Think You Shall Be?

Today, as many gather with our family, the topic of love comes to mind as we celebrate the reason for the season LOVE comes to mind.  Learning and knowing what love is as Kingdom Citizens is a blessing. If you want to change relationships, gather everyone and listen to this topic that some stumble over. Greetings, Grand Rising, and Welcome to Manifest Wholeness In Spirit and Truth; I'm your Host, Angela Dee. There are many scriptures about LOVE.  God so loved the world (John 3:16) 1Corinthians 13:4-7: Love is defined as patient and kind; not jealous or boastful; not arrogant or rude; does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; does not rejoice wrong; but rejoice in the right. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.  1 Corinthians 13:13 tells us that faith, hope, and love abide (meaning that we need all three for each one to strengthen us), but the Word tells us that even with these three, Love is the greatest.  We must LOVE.  1 John 3:18 tells us not to love in words or talk but in deed and truth (in truth, give correction, wisdom, knowledge, and understanding; give grace).  1 Peter 1:22 tells us that purifying our souls (through the Holy Spirit) helps us to be sincere with love to our brethren, loving one another with a pure heart. Colossians 3:14 Love binds in perfect harmony. These are a few: But, HOW CAN I LOVE YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE AND NOT WHO I WANT YOU TO BE OR THINK YOU SHALL BE?  Let's start with two scriptures: 1.  "Do not conform to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of our mind (Romans 12:2).  2. We do not wrestle against flesh and blood but against principalities, against powers, against rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places (Ephesians 6:12). We have heard people say, "They are hard to love."  Another one is "I love them from afar. TODAY'S KEY TO WHOLENESS: *DIVINE KNOWLEDGE, UNDERSTANDING, and WISDOM  *HOW? KNOWING THE IMPORTANCE TO EMBRACE THE HOLY SPIRIT…THAT LEAD US TO RIGHTEOUSNESS…PRODUCE HIS FRIUT… INTROCEDES FOR US ACCORDING TO HIS WILL.