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Matthew 5:38-48 – Easy or Difficult
It is easy to hold in contempt those who hold you in contempt. It is easy to disregard those disregarding you. It is easy to gossip about those gossiping about you. It is easy to ignore those ignoring you. It is easy spite those who spite you. It is easy get angry at those angry at you. It is easy to reject those rejecting you. It is easy to dislike those who dislike you. It is easy to distance yourself from those who distance themselves. It is easy to hate those who hate you.
It is difficult to admire those who hold you in contempt. It is difficult to respect those disregarding you. It is difficult to keep quiet about those gossiping about you. It is difficult to pay attention to those ignoring you. It is difficult to wish good will to those who spite you. It is difficult to be at peace with those who are angry at you. It is difficult to accept those rejecting you. It is difficult to be close to those who distance themselves. It is difficult to love those who hate you.
It is easy to love those who love you. It is easy to be friendly to our friends. It is easy to respond and react to the world, to let the world determine and choose who we are and how we act.
It is difficult to love the unlovable, to befriend the unfriendly. It is difficult to live the paradoxical life, to die in order to live, to be weak so you can be strong, to choose to be last, but not to make God put you first, but so you can put others first. It is difficult to let God determine and choose your reward.
It is easy to live hell’s life on earth. It is difficult to live heaven’s life on earth. It is easy to live heaven’s life in eternity. It is difficult to live hell’s life in eternity.
It is easy to live like everyone else. It is difficult to be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect (Matthew 5:48).
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