9. If we are lovers of God, we love what God loves….
(b) We love a saint, though he has many personal failings. There is no perfection here. In some, rash anger prevails; in some, inconstancy; in some, too much love of the world. A saint in this life is like gold in the ore, much dross of infirmity cleaves to him, yet we love him for the grace that is in him. A saint is like a fair face with a scar: we love the beautiful face of holiness, though there be a scar in it. The best emerald has its blemishes, the brightest stars their twinklings, and the best of the saints have their failings. You that cannot love another because of his infirmities, how would you have God love you?
~Thomas Watson~
The All Things for Good (Edinburgh, Scotland; Banner of Truth Trust; 1986) Chapter 5: The Tests of Love to God; 9. If we are lovers of God, we love what God loves
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