“ The command we have from Christ is blunt: Loving God includes loving people. You’ve got to love both.” (1 John 4:21, The Message)
One cannot love God, if one does not love people. There is no use separating our love for God from our feelings about people (usually if we're trying to it's because we don't love people). The two are inextricably linked, so that if one doesn't love people, one cannot truly love God.
This is why we need to plead the Father for his heart so that we do love people. It's a mistake to think that we cannot learn to love people, or that learning to love them is somehow wrong. If we lack love towards people all we need to do is ask of God. He has a plentiful supply and will faithfully give love.
O Lord God do thou give me your heart of love for all! people.
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