Love isn't an Emotion, it's a Will

Today in my morning Bible study I was reading Mere Christianity. C.S. Lewis was talking about charity; he said that 'charity means love in the Christian sense'. My favorite quote of the chapter was this: "It [love] is a state not of the feeling but of the will; that state of the will which we have naturally about ourselves, and must learn to have about other people." So many people say that they don't want charity, they don't want help. I think though, charity isn't giving money to people or being nice to them, it's genuinely loving others as you would love your best friend. There are so many people in this world that hate or dislike others for petty reasons; granted, there are some people who have done horrible things that have been hated rightly so. But at the same time, shouldn't we love the sinner and hate the sin? I know, it's way easier said than done, and to be honest I'm horrible at it. (I'm trying to work on it) I think we need to pray that God gives us the strength to love the sinner and hate the sin; it will take a long time to develop that skill, probably your entire life. But even if we are working on it it would make a difference. "The smallest work of kindness to someone you dislike will help you dislike them just a little bit less." ~C.S. Lewis, Mere Christianity. I think if we start being kind to the people we dislike (not kind to where you adore them as your best friend or family, because frankly that would be ridiculous) it will help us love them just a little bit more and dislike them just a little bit less. Well, I hope all of you are having a fabulous day! Here is your love verse of the day:

"A new commandment I give to you, that you love on another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another." ~John 13:34-35