My friend the enemy

One Sunday morning I preached on loving your enemies. By Sunday afternoon I was yelling at the guy who was being a jerk in the parking lot. I guess I need to go back and listen to my own message.

Jesus didn’t say loving your enemies would be easy, but he did say that if we love them we would be acting as his children. He said, “Love your enemies! Do good to them. Lend to them without expecting to be repaid. Then your reward from Heaven will be very great, and you will truly be acting as children of the Most High.” (Luke 6:35)

So how do we do it? When the heat turns up, how do we choose between...