May 23rd, 2020: Hate and Cursing

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Anti-Asian hate crime is on the increase since Covid-19 dominates the news coverage around the world. Hate is a complex emotion and it doesn't have much to with the victims. People who hate are simply portraying the image of an insecure interior self. Hate is an attempt to masquerade the desire for power and control over others. We have seen more news reports about some people who use cursing language or act violently towards another group of people.

How do we respond? If we return hatred with hatred, then we step right into the trap of the evil one? By doing so, we grant these folks too much power to deny their authentic selves that belong to God.

What shall we do?

Haters need a lot of love. Most of them might not know what love is. It is not just the love from others but also the love for oneself. Finding that love by hating others is not possible. Maybe it is a cry of one's corrupted condition.

Cursers are in need of blessings. Cursing language usually comes from the mouth of those who cannot say thanks. Maybe thankfulness is missing because of the lack of awareness of God's blessings. A thankless heart is a self-cursing one. A thankless heart always prefers the dark side of life over the light.

Haters will find ways to abuse others, physically or emotionally. Haters have lost the capacity to see the beauty of God in others. That can only be recovered when people acknowledge that there is a new love language and it is the language of a forgiven heart. A forgiven heart is one that learns how to love by receiving forgiveness and by forgiving others.

By the way, all of these ideas are from the Bible.

Luke 6: 27-36
“But I say to you who hear, Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you. To one who strikes you on the cheek, offer the other also, and from one who takes away your cloak do not withhold your tunic either. Give to everyone who begs from you, and from one who takes away your goods do not demand them back. And as you wish that others would do to you, do so to them. ..."

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