More Than Fair
"But if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? For even sinners love those who love them." (Luke 6:32) The question is not whether others are lovable, peaceable, kind, and gentle — but am I? We should not be concerned with receiving fairness and justice, but we must be fair and just always. Jesus is our standard, and He died for those who spit on Him and beat Him. That is the true measure of Christlikeness — we love and respect those who may never offer us the same grace in return; and we do so without partiality or prejudice. Help us, Father! God's standards are higher than even the most noble man and woman among us, and they are impossible to reach without the Holy Spirit. Surely, we have all tried to do those things Jesus commanded in our own strength, and we failed miserably. Pray for those who hate us? Do good those who attack us with their words and actions? Honor those who dishonor us? No, many of us are not even willing to do these thin...