The only thing you can take to heaven with you are people!
Souls are so very valuable to God. If your child was in a car accident and someone saved their life how would you feel? God is even more grateful to those who save souls from being eternally separated from him. Matthew 5:12.
Those that may be your enemy now, could be your best friend in
heaven. I know it can be hard to bring the love of Jesus to someone who is mean. My son stood up to a bully who was hurting his friend and the bully ended up becoming friends with them. I have heard this type of story multiple times. Mean people can be scary but they are just people who have been hurt and are in need of love. Hurting people will hurt people. I am sure you can relate to having a bad day and in your week moments have taken things out on others. What if someone had a bad life?
I know people will hurt you and they will do
it on purpose just like you have been mean to others in word or deed. It does not matter if they are meaner more
often. God commands us to forgive (Mark 11:25) and to walk in love. Luke 6:35, But love your enemies, and do
good, and lend, expecting nothing in return, and your reward will be great, and
you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful and the
evil. Proverbs 25: 21-22, If your enemy is hungry, give
him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on
his head, and the Lord will
reward you. When you are nice to someone who is mean they will know they don't deserve it and will feel guilty. God will use that to convict their heart.
My Mom felt like God spoke these words to her when she was praying about a situation where someone was consistently being mean. God gave her these words to say to the mean person. You must have been really hurt, to be so hurtful to others. This is a kind way of getting them to realize that their actions are hurtful.
When an unloved person who is acting out, learns that they were created by God because he wanted them and that Jesus died on the cross so they could be together for all eternity, everything will change! Ezekiel 36:26, I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. If
everyone walked in love and spread the Gospel of salvation to hurting people, we would be living in a different world. A world where love is
known.
So make sure you preach the love of Jesus to all your future best friends who are having a bad day/life. Don't leave out the important message of repentance once they embrace their Savior.
