Love Trumps Hate
“You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be children of your Father in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the righteous and on the unrighteous." - Matthew 5:43-45 (NRSV) There are days I worry that my utter frustration with a certain political party, and the voters that put them in power, has become a potent form of hatred. I listen to the news, scroll though some vile facebook comments, and I can feel the rage coagulate into a red hot ball of cement that sits at the pit of my stomach. I am disgusted by the unrepentant selfishness and cruelty of my fellow Americans, and I wonder, do they act out of ignorance? Or worse, do they fully comprehend the consequences of their actions? I reflect on these emotions, recognizing the hypocrisy and cruelty within my own spirit, and yet, if one...