Sunday
June 01, 2025
"Love and Tolerance"
Many people tend to be confused when it comes to the concept of loving thy neighbor as thyself, and it stems from the fact that people conflate love with tolerance and/or acceptance. It is indeed possible to love others yet not be tolerant or accepting of their actions, speech, or behavior, as many believe you should be. You can love those who break the law, for instance, and there are many of you who do each and every day, but that does not mean that you have to condone their breaking of the law. This is often the case when it comes to those who illegally cross the border, for instance. There are both legal and illegal ways to cross the border, and those who cross illegally have every right to be prosecuted and/or sent back to the country from which they came. It does not mean that those who believe this way have no love for such people, only that there are laws, and laws exist for a reason. Just think what kind of world this would be if there were no laws. The same thing can be said about sin as well. Many of you have heard the saying; love the sinner but hate the sin, which is something that is a daily occurrence as well.
Now listen, My children, all I really wanted to do today was to take some of the pressure off of you who are being ridiculed and maligned because you do not believe that loving someone means that you have to allow any and everything they do to go unchallenged. There is no GOD more loving than Me, yet I choose to discipline and sometimes prevent people from doing certain things that I deem to be wrong or bad choices. Love means caring about what someone does and/or says, but not necessarily condoning or being tolerant of such actions, even if someone's feelings might get hurt at times. And when it comes to breaking laws, that should never be tolerated or treated as if it is nothing, or else, where would it all end? Which sins would be okay to be tolerated or approved of, and which ones would not? Learn, therefore, the difference between love and tolerance and acceptance, and blessed you will be for so doing, in JESUS' Most Precious and Holy Name.
AMEN
