It is not about deserving or not, but life brings with it people and circumstances where they hurt us. Even people we care deeply.

How I respond to hurt is visible to others. Do I express Christlike response or not?

Christ came knowing he would get hurt. He loves those who hurt him, including you and me. He ministers those who hurt him, lovingly.

If Christ did and is still doing that, then I ought to respond like him. This is the expression of Christlikeness - to love despite hurt.

To forgive like Christ is to love - as Christ loves - the person who hurts me, as I go through the hurt.

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