3 Ways to Better Love Your Enemies
Here’s a riddle for you: What’s something everyone has, is the evidence of having stood up for something…yet also the byproduct of brokenness?
Give up? The answer…our enemies.
You know those people who curse you yet you’re supposed to bless…who hate you yet you’re supposed to love…
In many ways, we love to hate our enemies…to exact sweet revenge without the calories. But what if I told you while revenge is sweet, forgiveness is sweeter? What if I told you while enemies hurt, not loving them hurts even more?
Whatever the case, wherever you find yourself…if you want to better love your enemies, here are three truths to remember…
1. Understand who they are
When it comes to our enemies, it’s easy to hide behind the labels we place on them. Seriously, how many of you at one point had a sinking relationship you wanted to write off? Like mileage on taxes…or interest on a mortgage?
Granted, enemies come in many forms and yield to subjective definitions; still, if you’re like me, then chances are you…
Give up? The answer…our enemies.
You know those people who curse you yet you’re supposed to bless…who hate you yet you’re supposed to love…
In many ways, we love to hate our enemies…to exact sweet revenge without the calories. But what if I told you while revenge is sweet, forgiveness is sweeter? What if I told you while enemies hurt, not loving them hurts even more?
Whatever the case, wherever you find yourself…if you want to better love your enemies, here are three truths to remember…
1. Understand who they are
When it comes to our enemies, it’s easy to hide behind the labels we place on them. Seriously, how many of you at one point had a sinking relationship you wanted to write off? Like mileage on taxes…or interest on a mortgage?
Granted, enemies come in many forms and yield to subjective definitions; still, if you’re like me, then chances are you…