Love for Enemies
43 "You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44 But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, 45 that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. 46 If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? 47 And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? 48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
When we get angry, and we think about how we feel about the one or one's with whom we are angry with -there is generally not much feeling for love at that moment...Anger can have an impact on relationships...Anger can sometimes consume us, maybe overwhelm us, and race through our thoughts and mind rapidly...Anger, I think blocks love and the feeling of love for a period of time...When one thinks about it, when you are very angry at someone how much do you love them at the time of your anger?...So, it seems, you must be over and out of anger to love...
Jesus completely understands us...He knows that anger can be a problem for us and the ones that we love...He takes love, so much further -when He tells us to love our enemies...When we think about an enemy, most likely anger comes to mind...With anger on our mind, we probably have little love for our enemy or enemies...Anger tends to be this roadblock for love...Because Jesus asks and teaches us to love our enemies we must learn to take out the anger and the obstacles out of our relationships that keep us from love and loving our enemies...