God says love your enemies...

 Luke 6:27-28

“But to you who are willing to listen, I say, love your enemies! Do good to those who hate you. Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.

This is the word of the Lord, His instructions to His children. I think I get it now. It's like, when you have children of your own, and you want them to do good and excel in everything they do, you will obviously help them set goals that would stretch them a bit, so that when they achieve those, they'll be on a league of their own. Marvelous. It's the same with God, He wants His children to stand out, to be different from the rest, to do better and shine their light. In order for this to be visible, He says as His children, we must love our enemies, do good to those who hate us and bless those who curse us. The total opposite of how the world views this. And that is the difference. If you are wondering why, there's an answer in Luke 6:32 which says: “If you love only those who love you, why should you get credit for that? Even sinners love those who love them!" That's it, simple as that, you need to go an extra mile to be different. This verse says even sinners love those that love them, meaning that it is ordinary, anyone can do it. Now if you take a level up, you would treat those that are not good to you- well, even bless them.

When you do this, you don't do it for them, rewarding them for being mean to you, but you do it because your Father says so and He sees you trying and will reward you. Remember the bible tells us that we will reap what we sow, if you sow love instead of hate, the love will come back to you; if you sow blessings instead of curses, blessings will come running to you. So, remain the beautiful person you are both inside and out, don't let the world change you, but change the world with your small acts of kindness...