Joh 13:34 A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.
Joh 13:35 By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.
Love is the command of our Lord and the very essence of who He really is. If we want to be His disciples then we must learn to love the unlovely. Jesus went to the downcast, the leper and the harlot can we do no less? If we cannot express love to struggling, hurt and wounded people are we reflecting Him at all? Selah.