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Not easy to love our enemies, especially when the faults of our enemies are often being placed in front of us by well-meaning friends or the media!

But who is our enemy?

Usually, the term enemy refers to someone we fear, and fear usually comes from a lack of knowledge.

This isn’t to say that there aren’t people who have enemies, who have been threatened or harmed by others.

Some countries attack other countries and violence under any circumstance needs to be stopped.

But I don’t think that these are the enemies Jesus is talking about.

And because we disagree with the attitudes of others doesn’t mean that we have the right to hate. The best way to deal with enemies is to pray for them.

To end hate in this world, we need to replace it with love and the author of love is God.

I wonder what would happen if the entire Christian world prayed for an end of violence and hate every day for a year. An interesting thought, isn’t it!

Perhaps all who are reading this today might make a vow to begin this Lent to pray each day, either in the morning or at night for an end of violence in our homes, our neighborhoods, and our world.