Loving Our Supposed Enemies
(c) By: Sharon Slaton Howell
"Do you really want to be free?"
a Christian Scientist said to me,
upon hearing my tale of woe,
about a fellow worker who tormented me so,
who, I felt sure, got up each day
to place obstacles in my way.
"Of course I do", I finally said.
"Then, 'Love your enemies' can't just be read:
it is for you the only way out."
So this difficult task I set about,
not without many a struggle and tear.
But, quite a change within the year.
Lesson through all this acquired?
Attention to what Jesus says required:
not enough to be Christian only in name.
And by the time her retirement came,
this lady and I were such good friends.
And so, this true story ends.
