"You're familiar with the old written law, 'Love your friend,' and its unwritten companion, 'Hate your enemy.' I'm challenging that. I'm telling you to love your enemies. Let them bring out the best in you, not the worst. When someone gives you a hard time, respond with the energies of prayer, for then you are working out of your true selves, your God-created selves" Matthew 5:43-47
Love your enemies, it's a lot harder then it sounds, right? Think of someone that you are "enemies" with, when they do something mean or hurtful, is your natural instinct to love them? NO! I don't know about you, but my natural instinct is usual 'Revenge, revenge, revenge.' That's all that comes to mind. Get them back, then they'll probably get you back, when you get revenge on somebody,you're pretty much asking for a never ending war between you and that person. don't get me wrong, serious things happen between people, but normally when someone is your enemy, you look back on it in a few years and realise you were fighting over something pointless. But revenge isn't the answer, love is.
"Treat others how you would like to be treated"
The golden rule, We've all heard it, and it's so easily overlooked. But it's so simple! Treat others how you want them to treat you, if you hit someone, and they get mad and hit you back, you get mad right? but you hit them first! You asked for it! But if you do something nice for somebody, and they do something back that's nice, then you're happy. Love your enemies, love your neighbor as yourself, treat others how you would like to be treated. They are all so simple!
If someone drags you into court and sues for the shirt off your back, giftwrap your best coat and make a present of it. Matthew 5:40
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