Love Your Enemies

Cannot believe it has been almost a month since I last posted a post on my blog by posting a post. Sorry I am so redundant. (whew, wanted to get that word in somehow today. hope i spelled it correctly.)

What a week this has been. One of those weeks you are so happy to see in the rear view mirror. Only, the rear view mirror is cracked and you see countless reflections of the week staring back at you. All with a little different perspective.

- Monday, not much to talk about. Actually, I do not even remember Monday.

- Tuesday, started out ok, ended with a huge WHAT THE HECK WAS THAT? YOU CANNOT BE SERIOUS!!! I tell you, not much sleep that night.

- Wednesday, more what the heck was that and not much sleep again that night.

- Thursday, purge day, vomitous day, ralph day, call it what you want day. I like to view it as, LIBERATING VOMITOUS EXTRAORDINOUS DAY.....

- Friday, stay at home sick day, can't breath through my nostrils.

- Saturday, well here we are, made it through the week and can now breath through one nostril.

But on a serious note, this was not the best week. Not only for me, but for a whole host of people I care deeply about. And of course if I am to be honest, it has been a not-so-good week for people I care not-so-much about. But still, we are all God's children and He tells us to love one another, even the ones that are hard to love. Maybe it is those folks I should pour out the love for most of all.....sounds impossible. Doesn't sound appealing at all!!! If I am to continue on this "honest" streak, I do have to confess there are certain people I don't feel any amount of love for.

If you are thinking I am recovering from the stomach flu, don't be deceived. My liberating vomitous extraordinous day was not a day of upchucking my previous meal, but the purging of negative words towards another person, to their strangely shocked face. I think we all know the kinds of people we would love to tell off, give them a piece of our minds, those people who always see the glass half empty and never seem to find the good in things? You know, the people you briefly imagine in your mind's eye what you would say to them to put them in their place and just how you would say it. You imagine yourself walking away in slow motion, hair blowing in the wind, all the while a triumphant melody plays in the background....by-standers give you high fives and for one moment, you feel.... triumphant. Only for me, the triumphant melody has made my ears ring and the words have left a terrible taste in my mouth. When God said to love our enemies, He meant it. And it saddens me to say, I don't think this person is the enemy at all. Maybe this person just needs a little extra love, a little extra prayer. I hope that is the case. I hate to think someone could be that miserable in life when they are a child of a King, saved by grace and loved unconditionally by their heavenly Father.

Heavenly Father, I pray your love will pour out from me and touch others. I confess I have no love of my own to give those who may need it most. I know you would never ask me to do something I am unable to do, unless it is something you want to do through me. I love you. Amen.