We who follow Christ, who reverence the Name, can't allow the shame of feeling indifferent to others wherever in this world they may be. I hope this fellow traveler is learning that when loving others starts to slip, it's more than a blip on the divine screen: it's deadly serious and needs to begotten at as quickly as possible.
The worst thing about such blatant disobedience to what our Master taught? A sense of estrangement from God--not that He ever stops caring about us. But our heavenly Father who is all Love is not going to follow us out the door while we indulge in a little hate! Do we want to lose the look of approval on His face?
If nothing else, a concern for our own well-being should impel a return to Him before it's too late. (Not that it ever is, not divinely-speaking.) But how many diseases can be traced to a lack of love being felt and expressed, a Canadian friend said.
With the armour of the Word, and no fooling praying, this need not be the case. I John puts it clearly: "God is love; and he taht dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God and God in him."
There is no safe or healthier place we can be.
