Jeffery Trees

Jeffery Trees has a goal to love more than hanging onto the pains and hurts he has accepted from other people. When people say and do things that hurt him, he understands that each person sees, understands, and interprets things differently. Most people do not want to hurt others but because of the experiences they have encountered in life sometimes they have misinterpreted the meaning of life, love, and all the reasonable responses that are available to us. This is an issue he has had to face...See more

Jeffery Trees has a goal to love more than hanging onto the pains and hurts he has accepted from other people. When people say and do things that hurt him, he understands that each person sees, understands, and interprets things differently. Most people do not want to hurt others but because of the experiences they have encountered in life sometimes they have misinterpreted the meaning of life, love, and all the reasonable responses that are available to us. This is an issue he has had to face for himself. He remembers how Jesus said, "He who is without sin, cast the first stone. (John 8:7) Even as a pastor he understood how easy it is to condemn those with whom he disagreed. Life is not a battle to win, but a relay race we share with everyone. It is our responsibility to take the torch run the best he can and then pass it off to another to encourage them to take it and run as hard as they can and keep encouraging until everyone finishes the race. We have to love ourselves before we can ever love anyone else. It is Jeffery's experiences in life that has made him struggle to find God's love, self-love, and love for others. Many times, those who we say we cannot stand are our strongest teachers and the ones most to teach us and need the love we have found in God. This is within our families, friends, jobs, institutions, and even within our politics. See less