Right and Wrong

"Nobody said it was easy, but no one ever said it would be this hard."--from Coldplay's The Scientist.

Sometimes I think I should have read the fine print before signing on to follow Jesus. He's great and all, and we get along most of the time, but the problem is that when you love Jesus, you have to also love everybody He loves...and the list is long. And there are definitely people on the list that I don't even like.

There's this one guy who's particularly been a pain. I can tell you 10 good reasons why this person is a bad person. I can give you a long list as to why this person makes me angry just looking at him, and I can prove to you beyond a shadow of a doubt that I am right and justified in my feelings. The problem is that something inside me is telling me that I'm wrong. I don't think God heard my argument, b/c God would know that this feeling shouldn't be here. I mean, I really know I'm right. And I really know I'm pissed off. And the voice that is telling me that I'm wrong just pisses me off even more. I want to love Jesus, but why do I have to love His friends? Some of them are pretty selfish and just plain hypocritical. How does He love these people? Even more, how can He expect me to?

Whatever my personal thoughts on this, according to Jesus, even if he is wrong, if I don't love him like Christ loves me, I'm just as wrong. Gotta be honest, that's part of the gospel that I'm not a big fan of. At least not right now. I might like it more when I'm on the other side of the situation.