Religion & Spirituality
Beacon Light || Lit Haters gon’ hate. It doesn’t take long before you realize how true that statement is. In this life we’ll have no shortages of haters, and that’s just the way it is living in a fallen sinful world. There are any number of reasons why we might have haters. It could be because of our skin color or ethnicity. Or it might be that we’re successful and they want what we have. We could even be hated on because of our faith in Jesus Christ. The reasons are endless. So, we might as well accept having haters as a fact of life. But, the question is: how will we respond to the haters in our lives? The Bible is full of answers on how we should respond to our haters, but the clearest example comes from the life of Jesus. While hanging on the cross, paying the penalty for our sins, Jesus was able to speak the following words about those who were responsible for his crucifixion, “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do.” Let’s be real, could you utter those words in that situation? Even for the Son of God, I’m sure that …