Proverbs 10:12

Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs. (Proverbs 10:12)

Love and hate involve forgiveness. We love because we forgive, and we hate because we refuse to forgive. Forgiveness and unforgiveness are in the heart. We cannot see them. They are invisible friends or foes that are working all around us. When someone is trying to get us to like someone else or forgive someone else, they are a ‘friend’. They are not repeating ‘matters’, so you will join them in their dislike club of so and so. When someone is giving you the reasons why you should not like so and so, it is likely your foe unforgiveness that is operating in their heart. We should be careful to not promote dislike for anyone because we are very likely operating in an unacceptable spirit of unforgiveness. Sure, there are plenty of wolves out there that we need to be careful of, but this does not involve operating with a mouth fuelled by an unforgiving spirit.