Hi Youths,
On Saturday we learned that God loves all of His enemies.
When we see people we don't like or get along with through an unhealthy lens, every little thing they do annoys us, and it’s hard to bring ourselves to a place where we want anything good to happen to them. That's how Jonah felt toward the Ninevites. Even after everything he’d been through, he saw the Ninevites through the lens of his own comfort and selfishness rather than the lens of God’s characters of love and mercy.
The truth is, God loves all of His enemies, and that includes us before following Him. So this week, the challenge is for you to see your enemies through the lens of God's character. To give what they need, to forgive, and to love them even if they may not deserve it. If your enemy is hungry, feed him/her. It’s God’s place to get vengeance, not ours.
Remember, God loved us first, even when we were his enemies. So we are to love others (even our enemies) because God loves us.
