Loving the Unlovable: a Daunting but Compulsory Christian Duty

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LOVING THE UNLOVABLE: A DAUNTING BUT COMPULSORY CHRISTIAN DUTY

The news came as a rude shock and her initial thought was that it must be a joke, how can “they” sack her just like that, after all she has put in and her contributions to the organization. She has tried her best to satisfy “them”, how can they treat me like this?, she often ask herself”. As if this was not enough, they continue to speak ill of her and trying to discredit all she has worked for and the sacrifices she has made.

At home she is confronted by a nagging husband, who does not show her any love or respect, the husband is even unfaithful, will rather spend his income on strange women outside, or attend clubs and come home often drunk then turn her into his punching bag.

Did the Bible say I should love them all? How can you love these set of people who despite extending love to them, continue to return hatred to you and don’t stop causing you both emotional and physical pain, or how possible is it to force oneself on them.

Matthew 5:44 “Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you”

Proverb 25:21 “If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat; if he is thirsty, give him water to drink”

Luke 6:27-28 “But I tell you who hear me: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you”

Romains 12:14 “Bless them which persecute you: bless, and curse not”

Romains 12:20 “Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head”.

1 Thessalonians 5:15 “See that none render evil for evil unto any man; but ever follow that which is good, both among yourselves and to all men”.

The above scriptures seem too difficult, how can I love, feed and pray for those who hate me.

Loving the unlovable seems to be one of the difficult expected duties of a Child of God. Our Lord Jesus Christ found Himself in a similar situation. The people whom...