Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who spitefully use you. Luke 6:28

This letter has gone viral. It was sent by the owner of a Louisiana coffee shop which was robbed recently, with the thieves stealing hundreds of dollars; money that is vitally important to the tiny business.

Dear Person Who Broke In This Weekend: We hope that you really needed what you stole from us. We hope that your child got extra special food to eat, that your water bill was paid and service restored, even that your dog got a special treat. We hope that you donated to one of our favourite local causes. The money that we earn through our honest living goes to these things—our employees, our family, our loved ones, and the causes and community programs we support. Your actions make it difficult for us to do these things so at least we want to know that you will put our money to the same purpose we would have. We will rally with forgiveness and not respond with anger. Our fans and friends will rally with us and come to our aid by showing their continuing support of the honest, high quality work that we do and continue to help us provide services to this community that we love so much.

The bible commands us to bless those who curse us and to pray for those who spitefully use us. Hard words to put into practise but this shop owner did.

Do you think that you could have done the same thing? Think about it.

Commissioned sing ‘Love isn’t love’ for today’s music. Click on the picture to listen.