tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post4115935475050301566..comments2023-11-02T04:53:05.386-05:00Comments on kc bob: Can you love and not like?kc bobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-85628288198450902162013-12-20T09:04:24.971-06:002013-12-20T09:04:24.971-06:00Love that Wanda! I wonder though if you or Don are...Love that Wanda! I wonder though if you or Don are simply not liking what the other is doing rather than not liking them?kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-91383499779770908072013-12-19T20:11:55.705-06:002013-12-19T20:11:55.705-06:00A line from a old Jimmy Stewart movie (Western ~ c...A line from a old Jimmy Stewart movie (Western ~ can't remember the name) had a line I never forgot. The young man in love with his daughter wanted his blessing to get married. Jimmy ask him if he likes his daughter...in response the young man went into deep detail about how much he LOVED his daughter and would go to any lengths for her. Again, the same question. Do you like her. What he was saying, it really a good thing to "LIKE" the person you plan to love and spend the rest of your life with. This is not a spiritual answer...like "Romantic Love, Brotherly Love, God's love...but I think it makes a lot of sense. I will be honest...there are times I don't like Don, and he for sure doesn't like me...But our love has lasted 52 years....and most of the time we really like each other. HaHa. Wish I was a deep theologian like some of your readers ....but that's how I see it.Wandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06941735389982354519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-89550396102034004472013-12-19T18:10:52.647-06:002013-12-19T18:10:52.647-06:00To "put ourselves in places where we actually...To "put ourselves in places where we actually show love to them" may well be the answer both to loving others and to learn to like others in spite of the flaws we think we see. (I mean, we are all flawed, are we not?) Your point is well-taken. Loving is not lip-service, it is being of service.;vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-49140151611438929132013-12-19T16:58:35.874-06:002013-12-19T16:58:35.874-06:00Good points vanilla. I wonder if the challenge to ...Good points vanilla. I wonder if the challenge to love our neighbors, and even our enemies, means to put ourselves in places where we can actually show love to them? Perhaps the essence of putting ourselves in those places means we have to get over our dislikes? And if people do not like you, it is probably their problem and not yours. ツ kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-64252909955093148092013-12-19T16:54:19.477-06:002013-12-19T16:54:19.477-06:00That makes sense to me Scott. The problem is that ...That makes sense to me Scott. The problem is that our dislike for someone's actions often cause us to avoid them all together. The net result is that we do not have a chance to show them like or love.kc bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17440862813109808755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-28639560933514415712013-12-19T15:50:53.468-06:002013-12-19T15:50:53.468-06:00Now you have thrown me for a loop. I need to reth...Now you have thrown me for a loop. I need to rethink this issue. I know people, whom I claim to love in the sense that the Master adjured us to love our neighbors, but whose personalities just clash with mine. I find them hard to "like." Yet I recognize their value as persons and realize that I am no more significant than they. Do justice, do unto others and all that. I am quite sure there are some fine Christian people adhering to Christ's teachings who do not like me at all.vanillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11978025976591113499noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-749955731953911627.post-43782175196231314012013-12-19T13:09:09.730-06:002013-12-19T13:09:09.730-06:00Hmm. I think if you truly love someone it would be...Hmm. I think if you truly love someone it would be hard to not like them after a while.<br />Scott Rochehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00788985125689041363noreply@blogger.com