The Value of opposition

An insightful piece from Bill Yount.
   "Perhaps our greatest call is being a friend of God, a friend to sinners and a friend to others. God wants us to be known for who we are, not for what we do."
      "It took me many months to walk through forgiving this elder and asking God to bless him and then being able to bless him myself by taking him out to lunch. I then realized why God says to feed your enemies. When we do, Jesus pulls a chair up to that same table and knocks the walls down between you and the person you don't like. He causes you to have communion as you eat together! Shortly after this, we were totally reconciled as though he had never hurt me. ...Then God spoke to me. He said, "...I used him to (re)move you, because I had a better gift to give you..."