seekeroftruth
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Luke 6:27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Happy Boxing Day! Now, as you go about returning all that stuff you really couldn't afford in the first place, be careful. There is COVID and Flu and RSV waiting out there. "It's just a cold" is now the common cry. A lot of people are walking around full of COVID rage. Don't believe it? I found pages to read about it... but it's real and it could really impact your Christian Witness.
It's easy to just love the people you get along with. It's easy to sit at the computer and post little hearts to all the posts in your meta feed. It's easy to love people who love you.
But.... there are opposing sides to every story. Calling someone un-Christian just because they have an opposing view of your candidate or one of the planks in the party platform, is ignorant, but it happens all the time. Hating someone for the color of their skin or the way they love others is just a waste of time. right?
When I was a kid, we didn't go around saying "I hate" this or that or them. We weren't hateful. Well, we weren't hateful in front of people. When we got in the quiet of our rooms we would say "man, I hate that man" but we wouldn't do it out where people could hear. That was just the way it was. It's ok to hold your tongue. It's ok to be tolerant. Tolerance requires us to hold stuff in, and when you are in the quiet of your room, it's ok to let it out.
Now, well, try this out.... see if you can get through the day without seeing or hearing the word "hate".
Now, is that COVID rage or are people just becoming more hateful?
Jesus said [paraphrased] "It's easy to hate but to accept and love takes courage. You'll get more praise for love than hate."
So... gotta love the morons!
