Permission to Pause with Pat Layton
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Permission to Pause with Pat Layton
Episode 115: Pause to LOVE
This week, we’re pausing around a theme many of us need right now:
loving beyond lovable.
Jesus said in Matthew 5:
“Love your enemies… pray for those who persecute you.”
Not exactly the warm holiday verse we were hoping for, right?
But maybe…
maybe He knew that family gatherings, unresolved tension, old wounds, and differing beliefs would make this command painfully practical.
This week I’ve been praying about a few people I’ll see whose presence feels… tender.
Not unsafe.
Just complicated.
Maybe you know that feeling too.
As I prayed, the Lord reminded me:
“Pat, you don’t need to fix them.
Just love them the way I love you.”
Loving beyond lovable isn’t about denying truth or ignoring boundaries—
it’s about choosing peace over proving…
grace over grumbling…
compassion over being right.
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