Doing What's Right

All is for the glory of God,
So I was talking with one of my friends about the way that I reacted to her after she's been pushing me away the last few days. And my reply to her was "i can't teach you to do what's right by doing what's wrong." This has huge implications. For one, I can't teach my leadership how I'd like them to respond to me if I respond to them in a harsh way.
I was also reading another friends blog and I was completely struck by what he had to say about love and that God loves us and yet He has willingly given us up to make our own choice about loving Him in return. So my thoughts on that are if we can't let go of someone that we claim to love in order for them to be who God created them to be, then do we really love that person or are we trying to get them to fill some sort of need of ours.
I was also struck by his comment about those that died on the cross with Jesus. Jesus didn't do anything (other than live as a witness of who God is) in order for one of them to recognize who God was and to ask to be with God. Jesus converted the man by being a witness, not through witnessing. As Christians we should strive to teach others about who Christ was, first by being representations of Christ on earth, then if necessary by words. We don't need to start conversations about God with people. We should instead wait until they become interested in the reasons that we live the way that we do, and when asked why present them with how we have been impacted by Christ and let them be won over by the amazing ways that Christ has impacted us. It is by the love of God and His kindness that people are won to God. Fear of hell and pressure from other can bring about temporary results, but it is the love of God that brings about lasting results.
May heaven fall upon you.