Love by default

^“Don’t let anyone capture you with empty philosophies and high-sounding nonsense that come from human thinking and from the spiritual powers of this world, rather than from Christ.” – Colossians 2: 8

IT really isn’t easy to hate the sin but love the sinner. People do detestable things that make them hard to stomach. Yet our default attitude should be a positive one that prevents us being “captured” and dragged into the circle of criticism and hate. We must protect our minds by wearing God’s “helmet of salvation” and living in hope. And that entails building our lives and attitudes on Christ and letting our roots grow down to Him so that our faith, love and trust in Him will overflow whenever dastardly human deeds and evil spiritual powers threaten to capture us.