RE: Mentally Strong Habits: Thought For The Day #56💭✍
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27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If someone takes your coat, do not withhold your shirt from them. 30 Give to everyone who asks you, and if anyone takes what belongs to you, do not demand it back. 31 Do to others as you would have them do to you.
32 “If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love them. 33 And if you do good to those who are good to you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners do that. 34 And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you? Even sinners lend to sinners, expecting to be repaid in full. 35 But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be children of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked. 36 Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful.
Great passages, from the Bible I assume? It's so clear and in black and white there yet this is so difficult to do. What is your biggest takeaway from this passage?
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Yeah they're from the Bible.
The passages have many points there.
They're difficult to follow but its possible.
The saints and holy men had followed these passages.
Let's just get one passage:
“If you love those who love you, what credit is that to you?
This passage is quite clear that we have to love those who can't love us in order for us to have credits right?
Who are these people? They are our enemies who can't love us.
Another passage:
"And if you lend to those from whom you expect repayment, what credit is that to you?"
Its very obvious that we have to give and share and help those who can't give, share or help us.
Who are these people? They are the least, unfortunate and the poorest among the poor.
Most people today are working hard to have rewards in return and this is normal and natural for us.
But if we think deeply, there are actually no credits that we gain because we already been rewarded with what we do.
So our purpose and goal is only in the satisfaction of ourselves and of this world.
We don't actually see beyond that.
We don't see things beyond our imagination and limitation.
Amazing, and yes I agree we don't see beyond our limitations. That's why it's good to open our limitations and hang around people who think bigger than us!
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