But I say to you, Love your
enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your
Father who is in heaven; for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good,
and sends rain on the just and on the unjust.
-Matthew 5:44-45
I enlarged this on my computer screen and watched it for the entire 15 minutes while I meditated on the fact that the same sun that rises each day for me rises for my enemies. . . .then I prayed for them as my heart joined with the birds praising their Creator. . . .
