It Aches Not To Hate
My heart aches because I cannot hate. I'm not supposed to. And I don't want to. Yet the more I try to suppress my right to hate, curse and swear, I find my heart aches even more.
Why? WHY??? How come? Why would somebody behave this way? So merciless, so relentlessly ungracious. What have I done to deserve this?
Re-quote:
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
- Mahatma Gandhi
In some sense, I believe Gandhi is right. It is so painful to love. It hurts just to refuse to hate somebody who hates you. So one must possess great courage to continue opening one's heart to love and risk the possibility of not being loved in return. Such cruelty.
Notwithstanding, God's word is still the life-giving truth and His ways are righteous and just.
Luke 6:27-36
27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
32 “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. 36 Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
Why? WHY??? How come? Why would somebody behave this way? So merciless, so relentlessly ungracious. What have I done to deserve this?
Re-quote:
"A coward is incapable of exhibiting love; it is the prerogative of the brave."
- Mahatma Gandhi
In some sense, I believe Gandhi is right. It is so painful to love. It hurts just to refuse to hate somebody who hates you. So one must possess great courage to continue opening one's heart to love and risk the possibility of not being loved in return. Such cruelty.
Notwithstanding, God's word is still the life-giving truth and His ways are righteous and just.
Luke 6:27-36
27 “But I say to you who hear: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. 29 To him who strikes you on the one cheek, offer the other also. And from him who takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic either. 30 Give to everyone who asks of you. And from him who takes away your goods do not ask them back. 31 And just as you want men to do to you, you also do to them likewise.
32 “But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who do good to you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners do the same. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you hope to receive back, what credit is that to you? For even sinners lend to sinners to receive as much back. 35 But love your enemies, do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High. For He is kind to the unthankful and evil. 36 Therefore be merciful, just as your Father also is merciful.
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