Some of the recent national news accounts and letters to the Columbian led me to reflect on the question: Who is your enemy?
Might they be the authors of books? Or those banning them? Are they political enemies; either far right, or left? Perhaps they are sleeping on the street or in their multimillion-dollar estate. They may claim a particular sexual orientation. Maybe they are a different nationality, or religion. Whether we like to admit it or not, we all have those we deem our enemies.
Another question to ponder: How do you treat your enemies?
For those who claim to be Christians, the answer is very simple. Jesus commands us to “love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.” Rather than ridicule, judge, condemn, or far worse, Jesus commands us to love our enemies, pray for them; and in several other references, to forgive them even when they sin against us.
Rather than hating, loving. Rather than judging, praying. Rather than condemning, forgiving. We can only imagine what our world and news would look like if we followed those principles. Might do our hearts some good too.
