A couple of years ago, this thought dropped into my heart . . . ‘What’s your plan to love your enemy?’  It’s amazing what a chain of events these seemingly benign 7 words started in my life.

It’s a command from Jesus that has never seemed more relevant, at least not in my lifetime. I remember reading this in the gospels as a young girl and wasn’t sure what it meant to my life.  I really didn’t have any enemies at the time.  Actually, I didn’t know anyone who did.  But my world got much bigger, and my naiveties fell away.
Today I am living in a country and region filled with people who have enemies.  Real ones.  Life and death ones.  In your face ones.  And the need has never been greater for a people who will stand up and say yes, I will love my enemy.  Even though we may not understand it, or even want it, but our love for our God brings us to a higher place than our ethnic backgrounds and personal prejudices.

We can pick your friends and many other things, but you can’t pick your relatives.  But think about it . . . you also can’t pick your enemies!  What a drag!  My world could be so much better if I could only ‘pick’ my enemies . . . but it doesn’t work this way.

We have so many plans.  Plans to lose weight, plans to save money, plans for education, etc.  But do we have a plan to love our enemies?  Just as God had a plan for Jesus to love us, who were His enemies, He has a plan for us to love our enemies, if we just ask.

My hope and prayer is that you will really ask God . . . ‘What is Your plan for me to love my enemies?’  Then buckle your seatbelt.  😉