Because

"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you," Luke 6:27.

This is a hard saying. Yeah, because Jesus talks to power here. Not to the weak or powerless. (What kind of nonsense is that, to tell powerless people to yield?) No, he's addressing command and control. The strong. The able. But it gets harder. He hasn't finished. He goes on. Bless whoever curses you. Pray for your abusers. Turn your other cheek. Give to beggars. Don't demand pay back. Do good. Lend. Be kind. Be merciful. Why? Why? Why? Because! Because! Because! God, All-powerful, Creator of worlds, is kind to ungrateful, bad people. And the business of God's children is to do what he does. And he will reward the children yielding to his will. A great reward. Anyway, that's what Jesus thought.

As we meet with a brother or sister today, we commend each other to be about our father's business. And, together, we praise him for teaching us by doing: loving us and doing good to us.