Wonderful metaphor here: God’s love “is as gracious, indiscriminate, and lavish as the sunshine and the rainfall.” The author uses it to explain the motivation for loving our enemies. We should not retaliate when hurt, but wish good for those intent on harming us, because God does no less for us.
Another interesting point: If any saying of Jesus recorded in the gospels can lay claim to being unaltered, it is the statement to love the enemy.
I must admit, I'm a latecomer to Bible study. It started with a family ministry: editing and publishing my father’s gospel-based novel, "Letters to Luke: From His Fellow Physician, Joseph of Capernaum." Now I’m enrolled in an intensive four-year Bible course through the University of Dallas and Greco Institute—and loving it. Here I will share thoughts and reflections as each year progresses. Please join me in the journey. There’s a line in "Letters to Luke": “I do not know where following the words of Jesus will lead us, but may the God of Israel guide us all.”
~MARTHA H. FITZGERALD
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I’ve heard that Loving one’s “enemies” means that we take the High Road. Sometimes I travel a “medium road” – not hating, but not loving either. It takes a lot of effort to turn the other cheek rather than lashing back. But i’m learning to Stop, Think, before I respond with “an eye for an eye”. Reading the Gospel of Mark is a spiritual journey of “How To’s” And I’m learning to reflect on the person of Jesus and our relationship.