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Loving Our Enemies

by Dan Dowd 2 comments
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Even if we cannot change our enemies, we are to change ourselves to be like Christ.

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  • tallgary
    gary mahon
    This has to be the toughest challenge for most of us. And, for some of us who have been abused and damaged severely for decades , by family of origin, we have a hard time even loving and respecting ourselves! We need to learn to be good and love ourselves, too, as some of us hated ourselves. Codependency is a problem for some of us who have been severely damaged by family, or others, too. Some of us have become slaves of enemies , and enablers. There can be a fine line between being good to abusers, and loving them. We are not to be enablers and codependent, losing our selves and identity to abusers. Loving them, may mean getting away from them, for our own safety and good, and loving ourselves, too. Some evil meaning people must be loved from a distance, for our good, and theirs. I am not in disagreement with the sermon at all, just qualifying about toxic codependency and enabling, by damaged people. Loving enemies, without letting them run our being and lives, and escaping toxic situations.
  • Dan Dowd
    Dan Dowd Author
    Gary, your comments are valid. Loving our enemies does not have to mean that we need to be in their presence - especially if they are hurting us. Some people are better loved from afar even as you said. The point of my message was that we are not allowed to hate an enemy because of how it hurts us, and because God has a desire for them to be in His family.

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