Back to the Future

 We were warned.  The Scriptures note that there will come times when love grows cold.  Isn't that an apt way of describing how our society is working today.

There are so many reasons not to love people - to vilify them.  To see how they are the enemy.  And some of these allegations are silly.  Some of them are unproven.  Some of them, even, may be true.

And the rage is stirred, and the lines are drawn, and you are expected to react how I react or you're my enemy too.

Well, thus is life in a sinful world, I suppose.  But we are of Christ.

We're supposed to love our enemies, right?

And what does that mean?  Bludgeon them until they agree with us?  No. 
Ignore them?  No.
Brush off what they do?  No.

We forgive.  We cry out "Father, forgive them" even as they act as our enemies.

Because that's who we are in Christ.  That is what Christ has done for you.  While you were yet a sinner, Christ died for you, calling out for your forgiveness.  Winning it and then having it spoken unto you and poured upon you.

Whatever the days look like, we are people formed by forgiveness who live in forgiveness.

Don't let the world distract you from that.