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Love your enemies.


How? How am I supposed to love my enemy? I don't want to, nor do they deserve it! Well, thankfully I really don't have any enemies, though I think a few people have it out for me, so I guess technically that makes them my enemy.

I have never really had a hard time getting along with anyone except my older brother, but that was when I was a heartless teenager. Wait, I might not be a teenager, but sometimes I am still heartless. I'm from NY, so I have an excuse.

Christ set out an ethic through his word and life that I am to imitate. But sometimes I want to be a man and stand up for myself, and chew out another person, defend myself, and in the process bring them down. Today was one of those days. I just about lost it at work. It was so bad that I decided I needed to leave. So I left for the day. What happened was not that dramatic, but it was the proverbial "straw." It broke, I left.

I am to love my enemies because God loved me even when I was his enemy. I am to love my enemies because Christ loves them. I am to love my enemies because I love Christ. I am to love my enemies because the infinite love of the cross overcomes the vilest of evil. Always love, love always. It's hard. Christ never said loving your "enemies" would be comfortable. I must remind myself of this every day. God help me to love my enemies.

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