Love, family and growth

1 Corinthians 13:4-8
Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends. As for prophecies, they will pass away; as for tongues, they will cease; as for knowledge, it will pass away.

I'm trying every day to live by this Word.
In my life with my husband in romantic love; in my life with my friends; in my relationships with my family members, immediate and extended.

"It is not arrogant or rude....it is not irritable or resentful"

I think we struggle with this on a daily basis. Everyone does, I do.

How do we love, patiently, selflessly, when we are resentful and angry. When we have been hurt or betrayed?

Family is supposed to be there for always. Friends can come and go, romance comes and goes. But Family? They are ALWAYS there. How do you forgive them for years of selfish love, of resentment and anger?
How do you love selflessly, a family, who does not try to come to you?
I believe that in a marriage we give 100% all the time, there is no 50/50, its 200% or its nothing. Why should that standard be lessened for other family? It shouldn't. So why is it?

Luke and I are trying to tighten our family ties. We are trying to keep relationships good and strong and loving. We want Easton to grow up knowing that ALL family is important. That we are truthful, honest, loving, fair, accepting, and available to family. We want him to have strong bonds with any (potential) future siblings, we want him to love his cousins as his siblings. We want to have family bbq's, phone calls with those who live far away, send cards, face time, facebook, holidays, birthdays. We want him to know that no matter how far away family is, that they matter, they care, and we care about them.
We also want him to learn that even when people do not give their 100%, doesn't always mean that we shouldn't continue to give ours.
So as we might be setting him up to be hurt, and feel like he gives and gives and never gets anything in return. We want him to learn that it is OK. We are good, loving people and we may not always be treated the way we think we should be, but that is ok.
The Good Word says
Luke 6:31
Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.

So in our continuing efforts to grow in our walk with God and grow as a family, our goals are to teach Easton and continue to learn ourselves, to always love 100%, selflessly, patiently, kindly.
The point is we WILL be let down, we WILL be hurt, we WILL have disappointment, but we should never stop trying. When family is concerned, we WILL make them a priority.