Christians nowadays are taught that God is a God of love and just
wants to be with us. And I accept that as what the Bible teaches. But
there are other things in the Bible modern Christians seem to gloss
over.
In many of the Psalms King David and others express anger at their
enemies and ask God to do terrible things to them. They write prayers
asking God to break arms, strike jaws, break teeth, and even to slay
the Psalmists' enemies. Wow!
So I find it fascinating when I express anger and my wishes for bad
things to be done to someone who has wronged me many times (my enemy)
that the reaction is one of shock, outrage, and reminders that we are
to "love our enemies".
And I do, even while I wish them the bad things I think up. Recently I
saw an ad for an AirBnB/short term rental house near where I used to
work. The house was owned by a guy I used to work with, a guy that
repeatedly mistreated me and my people. I worked many extra evening
shifts and missed many of my children's school shows and performances
because this guy controlled the schedule and gave himself all day
shifts over and over and over.
So when I told my wife about what I had seen I shared what I thought
of him and what I would like to do to his property if I even rented
it. I know that I will never rent his property and even if I did once
I get it out of my head I wouldn't do that stuff because I'm a nice
guy.
After her shock and head-shaking I of course prayed for the guy and
left it with God. Just like David and the others did in the Psalms.
Pretty funny to me!
#personal
