This past Sunday was another amazing message at Antioch. Pastor John had a challenge he put forth to the congregation that I took to heart. He asked that we each pray sincerely for 30 days for someone we consider an enemy. The premise being if you are being sincere in this effort, over time your perspective will change and that person will no longer be seen in same light.
When I was digesting this, my initial thought was " I don't really have any enemies". But in digging deeper, I realized there ARE people that I cannot consistently get along with. We all do. That annoying co-worker, the family member that totally rubs you the wrong way... When I looked at it from this perspective, I had some very obvious candidates that I planned to work on for this challenge.
In my original musings on this topic in preparation for post, I stopped there. But oh, what a difference a day makes... Tonight? I have discovered that I am on my own list. Hmm... I wasn't expecting that? But sometimes you are confronted with something very ugly about your own self and it takes concentrated effort to move past the self-loathing to the learning/growing state that comes from these experiences. Yeah... that's where I'm at tonight.
So I'm taking this challenge. I'm going to pray for those people that had originally come to mind, and I'm going to pray for myself. And I'd like to pass on this challenge to you and I would love to hear how it works for you!
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