My Favorite Verses - Vol I (thru Sept 14)

Matthew 5:44-45 … betraying Jesus
(08/10/2013)
It is wise to remember to stick by your Friends no matter what ... and it is even
more so to remember that your enemies are actually your most important Friends.
But don't just take my word for it ... Consider the following:
"Whenever we are confronted with an opponent, we are to conquer him with Love."
~ Mahatma Gandhi
"Love has within it an innate redemptive power; a power that eventually transforms
people. Just keep being friendly to your enemy. Just keep loving them, and they won’t be
able to stand it for long. Oh, they might react in unpleasant ways in the beginning. They
might react with guilt-trips, and sometimes they’ll seem to hate you a little more, but just
keep loving them anyway. And by the power of that Love they will eventually break down.
That’s Love, you see. It is always redemptive. There’s something about it that builds up and
is creative ... So Love your enemies." ~ inspired by MLK Jr.
"Hate is your enemy; you must defeat it! Anger is your enemy; you must defeat it!
Violence is your enemy; you must defeat it! ... Know well your real enemies!”
~ Mehmet Murat Ildan
"But I say to you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that
you may become children of your Father who is in Heaven; for He causes His sun to rise on
both the evil and the good, and sends rain on both the righteous and the unrighteous."
~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:44-45)
Jesus really wasn't kidding around when he made this last statement, and he
didn't make it merely because it sounded nice. He made it because it works – He
made it because it is The Way … Ignore Jesus' call to Love the "unlovable" if you
wish, my Friends, and yet know that every time you do so, you “deny him” the same
way Peter denied him -- and that deep within you will know the same impenetrable
sorrow as a result … So why not Love – and know Joy instead?
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