And so they are caught in a perpetual cycle of emptiness and hate. Love does not engage in the malicious pleasure of hearing something derogatory about someone. Love wants to hear and believe the best about someone. It is not excited by stories about fallen brethren and their misfortune. Love's ear is tuned toward the positive, the good, the uplifting stories.
Christian love has none of the human malice which finds pleasure in ill reports.
Christian love needs not so much to be defended from its enemies as its friends. Some people seem to think that love should always be soft and yielding. Among the severities of love is that it makes a clear distinction between what we should and should not rejoice in. There is fine balance between blind bliss and reality. Our love for one another seems to be caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place.