July 14, 2011
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Love your enemies
But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you. … 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 brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that?
Matthew 5:44,46-47 New International Version
It’s easy to love people we get along with. MUCH more difficult to love those that get under our skin. But when we do that, when we love those people who are really unloveable, it lets them see God in us. Because that’s the way that God loves us…unconditionally. He loves us each even though we don’t deserve His love. He loves us despite knowing every single one of our sins, every single one of our many flaws…God loves us anyways. And when we love people in that same unconditional way, it lets them see God in us. So I encourage you today, love someone that is unlovable. Let them see God’s love in you.
