This is a hard one! This isn't just talking about injustices to our friends or family. This also applies to those who have wronged us. How many times have you heard someone say, “It serves them right!” Or how many times has a friend come to you, excitedly telling you about something that happened to a person, and the reason for their excitement is because that person had hurt them or they had hurt you and your friend just knew you'd be pleased to hear of the trouble they were now experiencing?

It's a normal human reaction, but it's a wrong reaction. It is a sinful reaction. It shows we haven't forgiven them and we're still carrying a grudge for them. The Christian response is to feel badly they are now suffering, to feel empathy for them and to pray for them. True Christ-like love will also refrain from running and gossiping to others about what has happened.

Oh how hard that can be! Especially if the person who is now suffering from the injustice is someone who hurt us horribly. It's even harder if they have done something that harmed our whole family. The only way we can possibly let go of the hurt, the grudge, to forgive them, and be able to feel badly when they're suffering is to spend time on our knees. Only by asking our Father to remove that pain we've been nursing and to help us completely forgive them are we able to have this kind of love for them.

God knows exactly what it's like to be hurt by others. Look what our sins did to Him. Think about all He went through for us, and how we seem to forget and keep sinning. Yet, a sincere request of forgiveness from us and He wipe the slate clean again. He still wants us home with Him. With Him in charge of our lives, we can love our enemies and pray for those who hurt us.