Loving those who have mistreated us is not an easy thing to do but the Gospel for today says, we should love our enemies. If we only love those who are good and kind to us, there is not much challenge in it, is there? So, it doesn't bring much good to our character, we don't grow in the virtues of patience, humility and compassion.
To love those whom we dislike is a labor of love for God our Father, in order to please Him and be righteous in His eyes. By forcing ourselves to love, we open our eyes and our hearts to see the inherent goodness of a person and if we truly reach out and they can see the sincerity of our gesture, the tension will slowly fade in time.
Message for June 14, 2011.
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The righteousness of an individual never gets lost on Me in the sea of unjust and evil people. It stands out like a diamond in the mud and smells sweet in the putrid area of corruption. No one should take the walk of least resistance to current world situations and circumstances to avoid being bullied and rejected. Anyone who stands up to such harassment will be greatly rewarded in heaven like Noah.
He was a good man in the most challenging of times when idol worship and perverse sexual pleasures were enacted. But Noah stood his ground of righteousness, he was firm in his resolve to be righteous before God's eyes and he was amply rewarded. He and his family were the only ones saved after the terrifying flood.
Noah's story should be an inspiration for everyone to do good, even when surrounded by evil because God doesn't close His eyes to a single person who is doing what pleases Him. No one gets unnoticed in their struggle to please the Lord. No one is crying in a dark empty corner that cannot be heard by God.
God sees everything and everyone, He will pick up and save those who have labored to be righteous in His eyes in a sea of evil people and amply reward them.
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