“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. " ~Luke 6:27-29
Loving our enemies is extremely tough... we find it hard to forgive those who have wronged us, especially because in many cases we feel they deserve punishment for their wrongdoing. God is the only, perfect judge, and to have faith in Him, is to trust that justice will righteously be served. But even so Jesus commands us not to wish and hope our enemies will be punished and get what's coming to them but instead to embrace the beauty of love through forgiveness. How beautiful is it to love an enemy so much that they have to ask, "Why are you doing this?" only to be able to respond, “I am able to love and forgive you because Jesus has loved and forgiven me, and wants me to love and forgive you.”
