Loving Our Enemies.

Rom 12:18  If it be possible, as much as lieth in you, live peaceably with all men. 

Rom 12:19  Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord. 

Rom 12:20  Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 

Rom 12:21  Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. 

We are not to exact vengeance when we are wronged. Our enemies, those who do not like us, those who possibly want to hurt us, those who abuse us physically, mentally, emotionally, cyberly, or offline- we are NOT supposed to get revenge for any wrong they do to us. In fact we are to FEED them if they are hungry. We are to give them something to DRINK if they are thirsty. We are to do to them what is right, what we would do to them if they were not our enemies- this is what Christ would have us do.

We can't worry about whether or not someone pays for the hurt they cause us. We can't worry about our getting taken advantage of. We have to live for CHRIST and He would have us leave any vengeance to Him.

Truly we can either be overcome by evil- which we are when we react in ways of evil, or we can overcome evil with good.

It's much harder in the world we are living in to overcome evil with good, than to use evil against evil. May God help us to be used of Him, to be His , to seek to follow His will - not our own.

Truly we are to love our enemies.

Mat_5:44  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

The words of our SAVIOR.

So how much more are we to love those we -- love. Seriously. We fight with our loved ones don't we? Yet, if we are to love our enemies by- blessing  them, praying for them, feeding them and giving them drink- how much more are we to truly give of ourselves to our loved ones. They say you hurt the ones you love and unfortunately that seems to be true all too often. May we give to those we love so much more than we do. And if our loved ones are our enemies, let us love them all the more as God wills.

All in His name, the precious name of the Son of God, Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior NOW and forever!