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RE: The Stuff Of Legend: Food Stamps and Unemployment (Narration)

in #dsound7 years ago

Matt 5:43-45

'' Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust”

I believe what God is saying in those verses is that there's a right and wrong way to respond to injustice. We can get angry and get back at the person who hurt us or we can fight the way God fights, trusting Him to be our Vindicator while we bless our enemies and do good. It's certainly not easy to love our enemies and bless the people who have hurt us. In fact, this is probably one of the most difficult scriptures in the Word of God to follow. But there is true freedom in doing the right thing. And we can choose to do what's right no matter how we feel. We have to stop being afraid of hard things and press in and trust God because the truth is He will give us the strength and grace to do anything we need to do.

It's so much harder to live with anger than it is to live with God's peace, love and joy. And we have to take responsibility for our behavior. One of the best things we can do is learn how to pray for the people we're mad at. The first thing to do when somebody mistreats you is pray, "God, this hurts and I'm angry about it, but I know my anger won't solve the problem or change the person. So I trust You. I'm going to stay sweet and keep being nice. I'm going to keep doing good because that's what You put me here for. And as I trust You and go about blessing others, I'm going to watch You vindicate me and do what needs to be done in this situation."

Thank you @humanearl for this post, it has given me the opportunity to share with you and with all those who access this post, what I feel God's word say - to reward evil with good.

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