Now, how
did this man Jesus, of whom we hear so
much, put it? Why, He saw so plainly the
utter folly of getting mad that He said
in effect, "Go to the other extreme. Turn
the other cheek! Love your enemies! Do
good to the chap that tries to injure
you! Suppose he does try to injure you
and that you do do good to him, it is
he that is disobeying the law, not you.
He is the fellow that is jumping out of
the airplane, not you. He is the one that
will suffer, not you."
I often wonder why we get sentimental over the teachings of Jesus when they are just so much horse sense, yes, thoroughbred horse sense. Do you know, just between you and me, the more I think about the things that this man Jesus of Nazareth said, the deeper grows my respect for Him. Do you know, I used to think that He was an impractical sentimentalist Himself. Then I began to see that some of the things He taught were sound common sense, and I felt like taking my hat off to Him. Now, as I watch the law of love at work in the universe and in my world right here and now, transforming life for me at every touch, and as I remember that this Jesus of Nazareth spent His life and gave His life and took up His life again, all to prove to me that the law of love is the one law and that it works now and here and always, perfectly, why, I want to go on my knees to Him!
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