“Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you might be Children of your Father in Heaven; for He makes the sun shine on the evil and on the good, and sends rain to the righteous and to the unrighteous. If you love only those who love you, what reward do you have? Therefore be complete [in your Love], just as your Father in Heaven is complete.” ~ Jesus Christ (Matthew 5:40-48)

Note that the word commonly translated as “perfect” in the last verse is actually “complete” — referencing the Love that only comes to us when it works through us, that only works through us when we actively care for those who are causing us distress &/or pain.

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