What is My One Sentence Bible?
1-22-11:
When you are wronged, take the route that is the most unsatisfying; yet the most pleasing to the Lord. Luke 6:29-31
Watch your life and see if anything sets you apart from the mainstream secular or religious communities. Only when it does will you know God. Luke 6:32-36
As Justin Timberlake says, What goes around, goes around, goes around, always comes back around… Luke 6:37-38
Much love.
Just a dude trying to learn how to live and love. 
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Luke 6:32 NLT
“Do you think you deserve credit merely for
loving those who love you? Even the sinners
do that!”
Real compassion is to act without such concerns
when ministering to those who are our enemies.
Why?
Any step to demonstrate how our giving, lending
and loving is credible can not be based on any
form of reciprocation, not based on expectations,
and especially not based on getting any much
deserved credit with thankful recognition.
Otherwise, our enemies will cast out against us
their accusations of a ‘hidden’ agenda. We need
to empty our expectations, our need to feel good
and appreciated from them. There should be no
hope for any sort of civil acknowledgement when
dealing with our enemies.
I don’t believe we can do such a thing within our
own strength. It takes prayer, fellowship, preparation
and strong faith to affix our deepest concerns and
inward-hope on the Most High who’s in heaven and
let compassion take its own course in the matter.
Luke 6:32-36 NLT
“Do you think you deserve credit merely for
loving those who love you? Even the sinners
do that! [33] And if you do good only to those
who do good to you, is that so wonderful?
Even sinners do that much! [34] And if
you lend money only to those who can
repay you, what good is that? Even sinners
will lend to their own kind for a full return.
[35] Love your enemies! Do good to them!
Lend to them! And don’t be concerned that
they might not repay. Then your reward
from heaven will be very great, and you
will truly be acting as children of the
Most High, for he is kind to the unthankful
and to those who are wicked. [36] You must
be compassionate, just as your Father is
compassionate.”
These instructions are counter-intuitive. In fact,
it’s instantly off the chart bordering on insanity.
Crazy or not, that’s the pattern provided to those
who claim Christ as their source for eternal mercy,
love and compassion.
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