“You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your own people, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. // Matthew 5:43-48These verses have been dogging me for about a month now. And I've rhetorically asked myself those questions many times over. It's true la, that it's easy to love people who love you.. But I honestly don't know how to do the loving your enemies part and I imagine I might not want to do it. Couldn't I just forgive and then ignore them or maybe pity them? Why do you ask this of us, God? I just cannot imagine myself loving the likes of Ridhuan Tee and Ibrahim Ali and Bung Mokhtar. Srsly yuck, over my dead body! Please, God, no. No. NO.
NO. :(
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