Friday, 19 February 2016

LOVE YOUR ENEMIES

PRAYER MOMENT


Saturday 20 February 2016   


LOVE YOUR ENEMIES


Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you … be perfect.” (Matt 5:43-48)


Reflection. God is an inclusive God and does not go in for the neat distinctions in which we take comfort. Margaret Thatcher used to ask her aides of people she was about to meet, “Is he one of us?” We can list our “enemies” easily. They are people who threaten my security, my view of the world – members of the opposition, migrants or others who do not “fit in.” To be perfect is to be free of all desire to judge and categorise; to open my heart to people who are different and to recognise that people on the whole are doing the best they can.


Prayer. Lord, open our hearts to accept others – even the difficult and less attractive. Amen.






















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