Matthew 5: ⁴³ “You have heard the law that says, ‘Love your neighbor’ and hate your enemy. ⁴⁴ But I say, love your enemies! Pray for those who persecute you! ⁴⁵ In that way, you will be acting as true children of your Father in heaven. For he gives his sunlight to both the evil and the good, and he sends rain on the just and the unjust alike.

 

I was thinking...

I don't know if when we pray for the people who do us wrong is for them.. I think it is really for us... I think it is so that we don't harden our hearts.. so that they don't have power over us... because when we become bitter and angry with someone.. that really doesn't hurt them.. it hurts us...

 

so if we continue to pray for people who continuously treat us unfairly... we may never see their change.. they may never become saved.. but we will have done right for them and for us both.. and we will have kept our heart from becoming hard... I think when Jesus tells us to do this.. He is protecting us.. His children.. not the others people...

 

I find it hard to really be serious in praying for people who have hurt me or intentionally mis-used me.. but I find as time goes on.. I begin to feel sorry for them.. because really... what type of life do you have if you are thinking up ways to hurt others? what is the value of your life? who are you worth anything to? so really.. you are pitiful... and how can we feel anything but sorry for you?

 

I am thankful for the protection of Jesus over my heart.. helping me to not become bitter and angry by the mean people of this world...