Jesus instructs us to love our enemies. That can be a little overwhelming to me. First, I need to know who my enemies are, and then I need to know what it means to love them. I don't feel like I have a lot of the traditional enemies - people who seek to harm me or my family. But Jesus is talking about something more than that. How about people who think differently from me? There are plenty of those, and in general, I just try to avoid them to lessen the pain. Sometimes avoidance might be the best I can do at any given time, but following Jesus requires more of me. 1 Corinthians 13 tells us, "Love is patient. Love is kind. Love does not envy, is not boastful, is not arrogant, is not rude, is not self-seeking, is not irritable and does not keep a record of wrongs." Jesus gives us nine ways to love in just those two short verses, and I could fill a full day just trying to address one of them. I challenge you to take 5 minutes today to think about who your enemies are and find at least one new way to love at least one of them today.
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