Love Your Enemies

Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous.

-Matthew 5:44-45 (NRSV)

I was reading the newspaper and an article caught my eye about strife in the world. In almost every country, nation of different ethnicities make use of violence to express hatred and fear of each other.

Yet Jesus Christ commands everybody to love our enemies. For me, Jesus is just telling us that we must show warm feelings for our enemies, but that we can demonstrate our enemies respect due to all human beings. Each of us is created in the image and likeness of God. Visualize how the world would change if everyone lived by Jesus’ teachings instead of considering it as a suggestion. No more child will be orphaned, no more bombs explosion, no more flying bullets, no more throwing of stones. Mankind would talk through each others differences and try to see each other’s point of view.

Do you think this could happen in our planet today? The answer is definitely yes. We can all pray to God to help us open our hearts and minds so that we will all become the type of humankind worthy of the name Christian. Let us have strong faith. We can also ask God for heart and mind opening of those who sinned against us and to turn their hatred to love and understanding.

source: biblegateway.com