Matthew 5:43-48
43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I say to you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you, ... Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Today the Scriptures show how we all fail in this, but still are compelled to go in this direction - to not hate ones who hate us, but do good instead. And to pray for those who slander (insult, slander: use despitefully, falsely accuse, harass) and persecute (pursue in a negative sense) us. This is not the easy narrow road, but the one of completeness or the end goal of growth we are called to nonetheless. We are to be like Jesus, but we are so unlike Him still; so we must not give up, but press on to that goal at the race's end as Philippians tells us.
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