27 “But I say to you who listen: Love your enemies, do what is good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. (Luke 6:27-28 CSB)

These are two of the most difficult scriptures in the Bible to try to apply. Our nature is not to love our enemies, not to do good to those who hate or mistreat us.

Yet, how much better would the world be if only half of us practiced these scriptures? Would not the other half be summarily disarmed? Have you ever noticed how a calm and quiet word turns aside another’s anger.

Our natural response to an affront is to push back. But how much better if we simply  bend to the negativity and replace it with something positive.

The world would literally begin to change.