Christian Reflection and Prayer

Meditions and Prayers

2007/2/19

EVIL PEOPLE!!!!

@ 04:36 PM (21 months, 21 days ago)

Scripture:

But I tell you, do not resist an evil person.  I someone
strikes you on the right cheek turn to him the other also.
(Matthew 5:39)

Reflection:

Well I guess that rules out killing um.  This verse from the
sermon on the mount, must have left quit an impression.
I think we are being told here to negotiate, to talk with our
enemies, and to leave ourselves a little vulnerable, so our
enemies will talk with us. War begins with the fact that
we don't talk with our enemies, lack of communication, lack
of turning the other cheek, leads to warfare.  It seems much
easier to kill them than to talk with them.  Let's talk it
out, not wipe them out.

Prayer:

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace.
Where there is hatred . . . let me sow love
Where there is injury . . . pardon
Where there is doubt . . . faith
Where there is despair . . . hope
Where there is darkness . . . light
Where there is sadness . . . joy
O, Divine Master,
Grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled . . . as to console
To be understood . . . as to understand,
To be loved . . . as to love
For it is in giving . . . that we receive,
It is in pardoning, that we are pardoned,
It is in dying . . . that we are born to eternal life.

Quote for the Day

Sojourner Truth
Pacifist abolitionist, feminist
(1797-1883)

"No more scars and stripes, just stars and stripes
 for all God's children."

Comment(s) »

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  6. We are led to believe if we are nice to people they will be nice to us that is not always true. But turning the other cheek can work i know from experience. When some one demands some thing from you they expect you to object when you dont and you offer more than they ask for they will say no. Its a lot to do with not behaving in the way they expect.

    Comment by Jean— 2007/07/20 @ 03:47 AM — (Reply)

  7. We are led to believe if we are nice to people they will be nice to us that is not always true. But turning the other cheek can work i know from experience. When some one demands some thing from you they expect you to object when you dont and you offer more than they ask for they will say no. Its a lot to do with not behaving in the way they expect.

    Comment by Jean— 2007/07/20 @ 03:49 AM — (Reply)

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