Pray for the Worst Enemy You Know...Hard!

I feel really frustrated sometimes when I re-read the verses that talk about doing good for people who hate me and praying for people who use me.  I really don't want to pray for people who I feel like haven't earned my prayers.  Some people you never want to see again when you leave this world.  I know it sounds horrible, but if we are all honest with ourselves there are certain people we are okay with ending up in hell  That is just the flesh in us rearing its ugly head.  I need to rebuke that sometimes. God loves everyone, and we should show that to everyone.  Sometimes it even hurts our feelings to do so, but that is simply because we need a heavier dose of Jesus in us.  It is just another little reminder that God's ways are higher than ours and his thoughts higher than ours.  When I think about it really it is imperative for me to pray for everyone that has or is doing me wrong because if God does a mighty work in their life it might change the way that they treat me.  Sometimes enemies are just in need of salvation, and we are the only example that they have to God's love.  As backwards as it seems if we can stand to be anywhere near them we should be trying our best to rise above the situation.  I wouldn't put myself in a situation that would risk my emotional or physical health, but if there is a way where I can help someone I suppose I should do that no matter how they treated me.  It is a hard road and I know that as I continue to travel it I will feel more and more like and alien in this world.  I guess I am since my real home is in heaven.  I feel like I am loosening more and more the garment of this world.  I am starting to care less and less about what I see because I want to see things how God sees them.  The only way to do that is to look at what I see through the lens of Jesus Christ.  He brings clarity to my fuzzy vision.  He helps me see a child that needs a hug when others see a child that needs to be punished or a person that needs to be forgiven rather than a person who never asked for forgiveness.  If we put aside what we think we see then we could get a clearer view of what God sees.  That is why I have decided to pray for my enemies. God said it and I will do it even if it kills me (which I don't think it will).

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  1. AnonymousJune 8, 2011 at 11:47 PM

    Love the person, hate the sin:-)

    Dominique

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