The last thing people, nowadays,

want to have is peace,
to make right and

to care for one another,
like what you see now happening

in the middle east.

The command to love one another

is a very important command,
but also the hardest to follow.

So it’s not easy to forgive,

not easy to control anger
and able to say like Jesus

said on the cross….
“Father, forgive them for they

know not what they’re doing.”

Jesus looked down from the cross

at His tormentors,
without anger or retaliation….

but with mercy,
and Jesus meant exactly what He said,

for immediately after that
Jesus made the sacrifice for their sins

and for the sins of the world.

And Jesus commands us today

to do the same….

love your enemy.
Now, is that confusing….
love your enemies

after they tortured you to death?

Are we like God to do such things?
The surprising answer is yes..

we can be like God;
we are made in the image of God;

we’re the Sons of God.
We are told to imitate God,

to imitate Jesus, to follow Him,

to deny ourselves, to carry our own cross

and to die to self.

“For whoever desires to save his life

will lose it,
but whoever loses his life

for My sake will find it.”

Jesus came to save the world,

not to condemn it,
and He commissions us today to do the same,
to bring the light of Truth to mankind,

to bring sight and liberty
from darkness and bondages,

to bring salvation to mankind.

But it’s the poor in spirit,

the humble and broken in spirit
who are drawn to the light.
The light attracts the elect,

but many will run from the light
to hide in darkness. How sad.

Of course, humanly it’s impossible

to love the enemy,
and very difficult to control

anger and emotions.

On our own, we cannot fight against the flesh.
We need God’s mercy and grace.

We’ll fail many times, like Peter did.
We need to walk in the Spirit,

empowered by God’s Spirit and love.

We can love because God first loved us.
We can die for others

because Jesus first died for us.

“We no longer live; it’s Christ living in us.”

We look ahead,

like Abraham looked ahead and saw afar..
we can see that this world will pass away,
things in this world not so glorious

like what Abraham saw.

Life on earth is only temporary…
when we’re willing to die out of love for someone,
we have cross the border line..
“No greater love than to die for a friend.”