Saturday, May 30, 2020

What can I do?

There is so much hate and suffering right now. What can I do?

Matthew 22:36-40 English Standard Version (ESV)

36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the Law?” 37 And he said to him, “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. 38 This is the great and first commandment. 39 And a second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself. 40 On these two commandments depend all the Law and the Prophets.”
That's what I can do. I can love. That's what I'm commanded to do. It's the most important thing to do. It can be a difficult, especially when I consider...

Matthew 5:43-48 English Standard Version (ESV)

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 and pray for those who persecute you,
I can love my enemies.

I can love those that have wronged me.

I can love those who wish to hurt me.

I can love those that have said something hurtful to me.

I can love those who simply frustrate me.

I can love those who do not love.

I can love those who do not deserve it, for I do not deserve it myself.

This is what I can do. I don't know what else to do.