Love your enemies, bless them that curse you and do good to them that hate you. I don't know about you, but these are hard words to for me to swallow. How can I do that? That sounds like abuse! Why would I set myself up like that? That defies good judgment. Surely there is a misunderstanding, but yet I read again and it says just that. Hmmm..... Can I take scripture that is easy for me and yet dismiss the hard parts? I know the answer even before I write.
Matthew 4:44-48."But I say unto you, love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you and persecute you. That you may be children of your Father which is in heaven, for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and the unjust. For if we love them which love you, what reward have ye? Do not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? Do not even the publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect".
Lord, your word says that we are to do this, but in ourselves we cannot! Help us today to reflect your love, not that of the world, that we may indeed shine bright as your children, in Jesus name I pray.
Song. Brandon Heath, "Your Love", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfc9y7X3zog
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