"Love Your Enemies," "Turn The Other Cheek" And "Seldom Sermonized Bible Verses"

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Dear Elaine,

Thanks for today's "reminder."

I keep a file called "Seldom Sermonized Bible Verses." http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/seldom-sermonized-bible-verses.html

One of them is: "Resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." Here is the entire passage: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A+38-48&version=KJV

If you have not yet come upon a bible translation entitled "The Message" you might want to read this same passage in that so-called "idiomatic" version:

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A+38-48&version=MSG 

"The Message": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Message_(Bible)

I never read "The Message" without receiving new insight.

Pax tecum

Alan

On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 9:21 AM, EK wrote:

"As we learn in the Zen philosophy, when you learn to “let go” of problems instead of resisting with all your might, your life will begin to flow."

—  Richard Carlson

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EK