I vacillate between believing that I have a moral obligation to pray for my enemies and feeling that it is probably cheating to pray that they find a spear-lined pit and fall in it. Or some proximate equivalent.
I find a middle ground in remembering that I can pray that their eyes be opened to the harm they cause, that they are relieved of the burden of the false beliefs that lead them to rationalize causing harm to others, and that they be given the fortitude and humility to seek to address and repair the harms they cause. I figure it's fair since I pray for the same things for myself.
I know that in my life I have had enemies and been an enemy to others. I am doing to do my best to follow the Lord's Prayer as described in an East Indian branch of the Anglican Church. :"Forgive us our trespasses as we have forgiven those who have trespassed against us." Or as a new translation ""Forgive us our debts as we forgive those who owe us." Both give us the chance to take responsibility for being both one who has been an enemy and one who has been seen as an enemy..
"Skeptical Smurf."
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I may have to knit that on a sweater.
I vacillate between believing that I have a moral obligation to pray for my enemies and feeling that it is probably cheating to pray that they find a spear-lined pit and fall in it. Or some proximate equivalent.
I find a middle ground in remembering that I can pray that their eyes be opened to the harm they cause, that they are relieved of the burden of the false beliefs that lead them to rationalize causing harm to others, and that they be given the fortitude and humility to seek to address and repair the harms they cause. I figure it's fair since I pray for the same things for myself.
I know that in my life I have had enemies and been an enemy to others. I am doing to do my best to follow the Lord's Prayer as described in an East Indian branch of the Anglican Church. :"Forgive us our trespasses as we have forgiven those who have trespassed against us." Or as a new translation ""Forgive us our debts as we forgive those who owe us." Both give us the chance to take responsibility for being both one who has been an enemy and one who has been seen as an enemy..
Love it!