Today 11-16-2023

Luke 6:29 NASB "Whoever hits you on the cheek, offer him the other also; and whoever takes away your cloak, do not withhold your tunic from him either." It's not about getting even! Today's Word is one of those verses we really don't like to talk about much less live! It's not about getting even, it's about being odd! To allow someone to hit us on one cheek and offer the other is odd, to give our shirt to someone who stole our jacket is odd! Somewhere along the way, we have lost compassion and have turned our hearts to getting even. When we do that, it becomes all about us and not living out the Gospel! We so often want to punish others who have hurt us and as I was praying about it, I thought of Christ on the Cross who could have gotten even but instead said "Father forgive them for they know not what they do!" What a great way of being odd rather than trying to get even! Yes we need to live out even the hard verses in the Bible! peace, tom