Today is Thursday, April 24th, 2014; Karen's Korner #2799

This is something emailed to me earlier this week by a friend; it's one of those 'forwards', but a good one. (As I read the list of people who have ?? ........I couldn't help but think of 'bullying'.) Her note, "It was an appropriate time for me to get it!":

"Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you,

and pray for them which despitefully use you."

~ Matthew 5:44

"One of the most powerful prayers you can pray is a prayer for your enemies. When you think about the people who have used you, abused you, harassed you, and spoken evil of you, bless them. Pray for them. God knows that blessing your enemies is not easy and that you may not want to. Buy you don't do it because you feel like it; you do it because you are obedient to God's Word, and God will do great things in your life as a result.

"Don't let mean-spirited people bring you down to their level by tempting you to act like they act."

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It makes me think of the nine-year-old boy in the news this week. Did you hear it? He was kidnapped by someone in the corner of his own yard. When he was in the back seat of his abductor's car, he started to sing a gospel song he had learned in church. He was told to knock it off; but he didn't. The abductor became more and more agitated until eventually the lad was kicked out of the car and was returned to his home!

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