Ingratitude and contempt

I really needed this reminder and am sure I will need it again and again so am posting so I don't forget it!

"But, perhaps, you say, "I cannot love my neighbours, because for all I do they return ingratitude and contempt."

So much the more room for the heroism of love.

Wouldst thou be a feather-bed warrior, instead of bearing the rough fight of love?

He who dares the most, shall win the most; and if rough be thy path of love, tread it boldly, still loving thy neighbours through thick and thin. Heap coals of fire on their heads, and if they be hard to please, seek not to please them, but to please thy Master; and remember if they spurn thy love, thy Master hath not spurned it, and thy deed is as acceptable to him as if it had been acceptable to them.

Love thy neighbor, for in so doing thou art following the footsteps of Christ.

Spurgeon, Charles (2011-01-10). MORNING AND EVENING: DAILY READINGS 

"Here is the opportunity offered. Be patient. Wait on the Lord for whatever He appoints, wait quietly, wait trustingly. He holds every minute of every hour of every day of every week of every month of every year in His hands. Thank Him in advance for what the future holds, for he is already there. "The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot." (Psalm 16:5)."

Elisabeth Elliot