In these times, when fellow citizens rally and march under the banner of their desire to extinguish other human beings, I'd like to hear some talk on what "loving your enemy," looks like.
Violence for violence is not the answer. An eye for an eye... a life for a life has never worked well in establishing peace.
I don't claim to know a lot, but it seems to me if we do not have a plan before things escalate more than they already have, we will not as individuals, as communities, or as a nation fare well.
On an individual level, I have come to the conclusion that retaliation only breeds retaliation.
I've also found that a major part of loving and being loved has to have a willingness to forgive woven through it.
I do not think forgiveness means justice is forgotten or ignored, but on a societal level, I don't know what it will look like.
In this scenario, when people advocate for mass murder, what does loving our enemy look like?
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