Mathew 5:44-48///

[CoUrTnEy]

I think this passage speaks volumes:

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;


Mat 5:45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.


Mat 5:46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?


Mat 5:47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more [than others]? do not even the publicans so?


Mat 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

[CoUrTnEy]

Basically this says that you must even love your enemies, and that it isn't such a valiant thing to love those who love you - that is easy.. it's the harder thing to do to love someone whom you might call an enemy. This is something i have struggled with myself. It takes much more effort and willpower.