A Moment Aside --- 9 September 2021
Love may be the toughest
thing to do in the universe. It’s one thing to love those who love us or are
good to us or for that matter, who are far from us.
It’s quite another thing
to love those who are near us and who oppose us. For Jesus to tell us You
have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your
enemy.’ But
I say to you, 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: 43-45)
This is part and parcel of
the Christian life and nobody said that all of it would be easy. That’s where
grace comes in, to strengthen us and lift us beyond ourselves. Where would we
be without God’s grace?
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