When someone in your life claims to be a believer in Christ, but does not reflect that decision in their behavior with you, please do not allow that to impact your understanding of God and your relationship with Him.
There have been many people that have been mistreated by another believer, a church or ministry, or leader within these circles and have walked away from God as a result. They have confused what has happened to them as God being the one who has hurt them, but that is far from the case.
What has happened is the result of us living in a fallen world where man has been given free will. And to be honest, even those of you who have been hurt will end up hurting others as well. It’s hard to not hurt others when we each have our own expectations we place on one another. We still have to fight our flesh daily, not yet having arrived to perfection.
So when another believer has hurt me I choose to remember these things, remembering when I have fallen short in my behavior with others as well.
When someone hurts us and they should know better, their actions are not reflecting God and His nature. Their actions are reflecting their sinful nature not yet sanctified.
There will be believers who reflect God’s heart more than others, yet still are not perfect. Giving one another grace and choosing forgiveness should be priority for each of us.
We will disappoint one another at different times, but we can put our confidence in the Lord Jesus who always reflects His Father’s nature perfectly.
“The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His being.”
Hebrews 1: 3a
God will not mistreat us and will show us how to love well. Let us not allow the wrong doing of others towards us to distort our view of God. He remains the same and we can trust Him.