One great way to make enemies

Hey y'all, 

Check out this article / devotional called, "One great way to make enemies," by an old friend of mine, Evan Forrester.  You can find more of his stuff at his blog called #LiveFully.  Good work, friend.  Keep writing - you have a gift.  

Indeed, it is in times like these in the midst of terror and tragedy like this that our faith is tested on an altogether different level.  Can my response be a prayer for the mercy of those responsible for the attacks?  How do I love my enemies?   

Luke 23:32-43

³² Two other men, both criminals, were also led out with him to be executed.

³³ When they came to the place called the Skull, they crucified him there, along with the criminals—one on his right, the other on his left. 

³⁴ Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up his clothes by casting lots.

³⁵ The people stood watching, and the rulers even sneered at him. They said, “He saved others; let him save himself if he is God’s Messiah, the Chosen One.”

³⁶ The soldiers also came up and mocked him. They offered him wine vinegar

³⁷ and said, “If you are the king of the Jews, save yourself.”

³⁸ There was a written notice above him, which read: this is the king of the jews.

³⁹ One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Messiah? Save yourself and us!”

⁴⁰ But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 
⁴¹ We are punished justly, for we are getting what our deeds deserve. But this man has done nothing wrong.”

⁴² Then he said, “Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom.”

⁴³ Jesus answered him, “Truly I tell you, today you will be with me in paradise.”