tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post3758834692423175719..comments2023-10-01T05:51:54.101-04:00Comments on Wake up and LIVE: For the Love of PhelpsSCGhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-25529105809115482012014-03-23T19:16:24.592-04:002014-03-23T19:16:24.592-04:00Well said, Julie. And I agree: it is very difficu...Well said, Julie. And I agree: it is very difficult to love your enemy, which is why I have committed myself to that prayer on page 816. I have found it enormously helpful, especially in the heat of the moment when it would be so easy for me to give in to being ugly.SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-6717855686326963342014-03-23T11:46:00.724-04:002014-03-23T11:46:00.724-04:00As Nelson Mandela so beautifully demonstrated, the...As Nelson Mandela so beautifully demonstrated, the only proper response to oppression by a follower of Jesus is to "love our enemies." And this, I think, is harder to do than it sounds.Juliehttp://oldladyandpurpledragon.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-18003333567712860572014-03-23T00:13:42.452-04:002014-03-23T00:13:42.452-04:00Thank you, Galen! I am taking what transpired thi...Thank you, Galen! I am taking what transpired this week as another one of those important lessons to which I am to pay special attention.SCGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08162762233972733978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1928508826592241080.post-23540774719867522712014-03-21T08:57:32.897-04:002014-03-21T08:57:32.897-04:00I am so thankful for this wise and wonderful post!...I am so thankful for this wise and wonderful post! It is true - it would be so easy to respond to Phelps' passing with many an ugly emotion. Instead, what you are modeling - what you are living - is exactly what Jesus taught and lived himself.Galennoreply@blogger.com