Hard love

One thing i have been learning this year is that you can't please all the people all the time. Sometimes you give your love to people, and your time and money, and what you get back sometimes is hatred,dislike,contempt etc. What we have found out is that sometimes people want to abuse your kindness and then just walk away when the " gravy train ' has gone. This has been a hard lesson for us to learn as we have always wanted to find the best in people.
I have always struggled with the principle that if people don't listen to your advice and continue going the wrong way that you should shake the dust from your feet and leave them to their own devices. It has taken me a year but finally i have got it.
You see sometimes people don't want to change their lives, nothing i say or do will change that in the physical world. All i can do is pray for them which is the most powerful thing in the world that anyone can do. Walking away from them doesn't mean i don't love them, by no means. It's just that i have to do what God wants me to do and pray for them, to see them released from their bondage. I can't change them, only God can.
Jesus paid them no heed as he knew what was in their hearts. Jesus new sometimes that some people weren't with him and what he stood for.
Does this mean i don't see them anymore? NO ,of course not, i still need to keep going on a friendship level with them but it does mean sometimes moving on and concentrating on other people that REALLY want to change their lives, that want God to be in charge, that want to worship him and live their lives as Jesus would want them to.
Sounds harsh , but is a biblical principle always remembering to do everything in love and i mean real love.
My friends have a good day
God bless

Steve