584. "How to Love People Who are Hard to Love", by Brittany Olsen, in Meridian Magazine.
This article was written BY BRITTANY OLSEN , in "She Traveled", and also Meridian Magazine printed it on January 5, 2016. It has such good counsel! Everyone has known a person who just makes life difficult. Maybe it’s a coworker, a sibling, an in-law, or a classmate who criticizes everything you do, won’t listen to your ideas, or is just plain hard to get along with. These people are challenging to love. However, that doesn’t mean they’re exempt from the Savior’s commandment for us to love them as He loves us (see John 13:34-35). After all, Jesus said, it’s easy to love our friends, but what sets us apart as true Christians is how we show love to people we really work hard at loving (Matthew 5:43-46). I learned how to love people who are hard to love as a sister missionary in Tokyo, Japan. I decided that if things were going to be different during the last six weeks of my mission, the change had to come from my actions. My new companion was also a b