Nonviolence Is an Act of Love
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Nonviolence Is an Act of Love
You cannot be nonviolent if there is any part of yourself that you are in opposition to. You are not truly giving if there is any part of yourself to which you will not extend compassion. Your love will always be conditional as long as you are excluding any part of yourself from it.
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Under the general plan of nonresistance one may take the position of imitation.
Howard Thurman • Jesus and the Disinherited
Martin Luther King Jr. used the power of forgiveness, as developed in the Judeo-Christian tradition, to inspire those in the civil rights movement to act in elevated ways that would win hearts and minds: We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good
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THINK—What person came to your mind? REFLECT—What emotions followed when this person came to your mind? UNDERSTAND—In what ways have you sought to resolve this wound in the past? What’s been helpful, or not helpful? SURRENDER—Ask God to help you be willing to follow His commands in Romans 12:14–21 concerning this person. TAKE ACTION—Identify one tr
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nonviolence, it affects others so that they may drop their defensive strategies and hostility.