{"id":11179,"date":"2023-02-07T07:43:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T12:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=11179"},"modified":"2023-02-04T22:44:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-05T03:44:14","slug":"loving-your-enemies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/?p=11179","title":{"rendered":"Loving Your Enemies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220210_105833-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220210_105833-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10827\" width=\"545\" height=\"727\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220210_105833-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220210_105833-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220210_105833-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220210_105833-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.theprodigalpig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20220210_105833-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 545px) 100vw, 545px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Prodigal:  Those who have tact have less to retract.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Me:  Yes, very true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To our most bitter opponents we say:&#8221;&#8230;.Do to us what you will, and we shall continue to love you.  We cannot in all good conscience obey your unjust laws because non cooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.  Throw us in jail and we shall still love you.  Bomb our homes and threaten our children, and we shall still love you.  Send your hooded perpetrators of violence into our community at the midnight hour and beat us and leave us half dead, and we shall still love you.  But be ye assured that we will wear you down by our capacity to suffer.  One day we shall win freedom but not only for ourselves.  We shall so appeal to your heart and conscience that we shall win you in the process and our victory will be a double victory.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Martin Luther King Jr.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; 1 Corinthians 1:4 (KJV)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jennifer Van Allen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.theprodigalpig.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">www.faithincounseling.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prodigal: Those who have tact have less to retract. Me: Yes, very true. 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