We live in the age of knowing good and evil. My love for my fellow man is not increasing. It is dwindling. I find myself wanting to withdraw from people more and more as I learn of their hearts and mind sets. To love as Christ loved? That is HUGE.
Yes, we live in the age of knowing good and evil; that is the burden that we must bear for partaking from the tree of knowledge. I do not think that you are alone in the sense you feel your love for your fellow man dwindling instead of increasing, but I would like to bring up a scripture in light of this that maybe many should meditate on.
Matt 24:12-13 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
Jesus warns us that because of iniquity, the love of many wax cold, or as you phrased it in you post, to dwindle or diminish. Now I do not share this passage to make your doubt your faith, but to remind you, and all of us for that matter that Jesus did warn us that Iniquity would increase, and that it shall test your faith and love, so what we should seek then is how to endure it: and that is where sharing our Faith openly with one another can help.
When anyone talks about their love for their fellow man, it seems awfully vague to me, because the term love can be applied very broadly. But if I can use a play on words for a moment, you said "My Love" was not increasing. But maybe that isn't something to be too overly concerned with, because as the Spirit of Christ increases, our own spirit must decrease as we lay down our own will. Our sense of our love for our our fellow man must give way to allow the love of God to work through us. There are no rules nor guidelines to direct us down this path, and its way can only be found through Faith.
Many people believe one day they will be raptured out of here where they will serve Christ before the throne of God. But I am reminded of a scripture where Jesus said that in what you have done unto the least of these, so have you done unto me. If we want to serve before the throne of Christ, then we each must not only claim the the temple of God resides in our own hearts, but recognize that it resides in the hearts of all others as well. So when when your fellow man rubs you the wrong way, try looking past the man that bears the same burdens in the flesh that the rest of us do, and instead think of how you might respond to the spirit of Christ that dwells in is heart; For what you have done unto the least of these, you have done unto me.
There is no requirement that says you must associate with everyone. If certain people rub you the wrong way you are free so separate yourself from them; if it involves a work environment with a co-worker, then there is a scripture that comes to mind.
Rom 12:20-21 Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
If I might throw this out there just for a thought, the story of Abraham in the book of Genesis comes to my mind, where the Lord had come to warn Abraham of the destruction of the city, can't remember if it was Sodom and Gomorrah or not, but that's not important. But I remember the story of Abraham bargaining with the Lord; surely for fifty righteous souls you would not destroy the city. And the Lord replied, for fifty righteous I will not destroy the city. At which Abraham responds, perhaps for twenty five......
