Lately, I've been learning a whole bunch, but one thing that keeps coming up is the subject of love. Not the love seen in chick flicks like "The Notebook" or the love you feel towards your parents, friends, or significant other, but true love. Loving someone is not supposed to be easy. Jesus' death of the cross was not easy. He bared a heavy burden to be with us and that is love.
Relationships (not just love relationships) are supposed to be Christ centered. God has been pulling at my heart a lot lately and revealing to me that I'm not loving others in my life like Christ loves them. The world says when someone does something wrong to you, or makes you feel bad you should give them the cold shoulder. My flesh wants to do this so bad all the time, but with prayer and the Holy Spirit reigning over me, He takes control.
In Matthew Chapter 5 Jesus talks about love for our enemies. I don't think in this particular passage that he was speaking strictly about our enemies, but also the people we love because the people we love tend to be the people we hurt the most sometimes. He says:

“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?"

If we only continue to love those that love us are we really loving anyone at all? Because people are broken there is no way anyone on earth is going to ever love us like Jesus does. People are going to disappoint you time and time again. And my first instinct when someone disappoints me is to be angry with them and avoid them. We disappoint God time and time again and still yet He never leaves us. Its important as Christians we show this same love to everyone in our lives, enemies or not. If we start loving those closest to us, really loving them, every relationship in our lives will be glorifying God and produce a fruitful spirit within us and others.