To say Jesus loves people is not to say he'll always do what they want him to do. Being for someone is deeper than just wanting to spare them pain. If I am really for a person, I am willing to risk saying painful things, if pain is the only way to bring growth. For the Lord disciplines those whom he loves. True love is ready to warn, reprove, confront, or admonish when necessary.
True love is ready to warn reprove confront. or admonish when necessary.
His plan is not just for a fifty percent blemish reduction. Love longs for the other to enter into the splendor God intended no spots, no wrinkles, no blemishes. Removing spots and blemishes is almost never pain free. Sometimes, love means getting in someone's face and on someone's back. But only humbly, reluctantly.