the BIG real & REAL big message
I've had a lot laying on my heart lately about loving those who are sometimes hard to love. For instance, you have your friends who are easy to love and then you have your foes, which are a little harder to gush out love for. I'd like to say that I have no foes, but the truth is there has been many times when people have rubbed me the wrong way & I'm sure that people have felt the same way about me (because I'm brutally honest). But seriously, what happens when people treat you wrongfully, or you do something hurtful to them? How do you fix that? Well, in the Bible, it says.... "But love your enemies, & do good, & lend, expecting nothing in return, & your reward will be great, & you will be sons of the Most High, for he is kind to the ungrateful & the evil. Be merciful, even as your Father is merciful." Luke 6:35-36 WOW. What a home run. How hard is it to love the ungrateful? Pretty hard. But Jesus says we should do it anyways! Now,...