Pray For Those That Misuse You

But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Luke 6:27-28

I’ve wasted years complaining instead of praying.
In painful remorse instead of praying.
Maddened instead of praying.

I’ll never get those years back.
“And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten…”
Joel 2:25

I should have been praying that God birth integrity and innovation in the hearts and minds of those in leadership over me. I should have been praying that they’d have discernment and compassionate in their decision making and for those whom reap the consequences of their authority.

I should have been praying that God sanctified them so that I would be discipled by our relationship, drawn closer to God by their example of obedience and repentance.

I won’t recoil in the face of manipulation ever again.
I’ll pray.
Boldly and courageously, with expectation.

Synoptic texts: Matthew 5:44 | Luke 6:27-28