If you love only those who love you, what reward is there for that? Even corrupt tax collectors do that much. (Matthew 5:46 NLT)
This verse is one of the clearest evidences that Christian love transcends sheer emotional love. Loving feelings sometimes follow loving actions, but we must show loving actions/responses whether we ever have loving feelings or not. It's when we love those that don't love us that we most look like Jesus! Thank God He helps us love in this manner because we could never do this alone.
