Reflection (The readings are below, for your reference)
It’s interesting that John 15 goes straight from “love one another” (which was yesterday’s reading) to some advice about dealing with the world’s hate. It seems to me that the message is to stay focused on the love and not be distracted by hate. I am reminded of Martin Luther King Junior’s sermon called “Loving Your Enemies” in which he said, “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”
Namaste! Amen!
The Readings
Acts 16:1-10
Psalm 100
John 15:18-21
‘If the world hates you, be aware that it hated me before it hated you. If you belonged to the world, the world would love you as its own. Because you do not belong to the world, but I have chosen you out of the world—therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, “Servants are not greater than their master.” If they persecuted me, they will persecute you; if they kept my word, they will keep yours also. But they will do all these things to you on account of my name, because they do not know him who sent me.
The reading is from the website below.
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