A Lesson on Love

I do believe I have the myspace situation resolved! Let's hope so anyway! I got on there last nite and found some people I had been wanting to add and everything seems to be in order!
Looking outside, it really looks like we are in for one crappy day weatherwise. I spoke with Ronnie's girlfriend who lives in Chicago and she said it's raining there already and from the weatherforecast sounds like this could all culminate into snow!
But weather is something you talk about when there's nothing else to say, so I'm changin' the subject now and moving on to another topic!
I had Joyce Meyer on the tube this morning or I should say, Jose did, and she was talking about the gifts of the Spirit and stressing the most important one of these being Love. First of all I will have to admit that sometimes it's really hard for me to love some people..I'm much better than I used to be and I can only thank God for that because as I learn more about the way Jesus wants me to be..I am much more condusive to His will and can tolerate even the intolerable to a point! As Joyce put it, we are the branches and He is the vine and there are some people in our lives that have no business being there! They are the ones that refuse to change and that you have been encouraging and helping for a long time and they are so stuck in a rut that you are literally wasting your time and energy trying to help! To put it bluntly, it's time to sever them from the vine and let God deal with them! This may hurt and you may find it really hard to do...but for you to continue to grow and produce good fruit..you gotta give them up! I've had people and situations in my life that would fall in this category and I'm sure we all have or had at one time or another. This doesn't mean you can't stop loving that person..it just means that you have to back off and let God take over!
I don't know where all of the above came from this morning, but as I was listening to Joyce I came into agreement with her about all of this and I hope it will help someone else realize that sometimes love means letting go.