We are asked to hold that same sort of love for one another. No matter our disagreements, we are called to hold a love for one another that is always there for the asking, continually ready to help and aid. I struggle with this, for it means that I need to seek understanding and hold out love for even people who otherwise stand fiercely against so many of my beliefs. How, for example, do I continue to love those who toss aside concern for our fellow human beings for the sake of their own selfishness and power?
God's reply is that we allow His love to strengthen ours. I have little room to point out the faults of others when my own stand out so glaringly. Am I not seeking my own selfishness and power if I ask God to forgive my transgressions, but deny forgiveness to others?
This burden is so easy and so difficult at the same time.