Bless those who curse you...what?!?!?

This could be the hardest thing I've had to walk out lately. In every trial and through every pain you have to realize that God is molding you and shaping the mighty person that He created you to be. But when God commands that we bless those who curse us I have to wonder what He was thinking during this moment in time!! Did he have a bad day and want to be amusing? Did he have someone honk him off so he figured he would make them pay? Or could it be that he actually had a point and reason for stating this command? I'm going to go with the last option. Nothing that God did was for nothing or just because or for fun or amusement. It was for our greater good, it was for our wellbeing, it was for us to grow into the people that he first created us to be. Here are some different versions of Luke 6:28...

New International Version
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
New Living Translation
Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who hurt you.
English Standard Version
bless those who curse you, pray for those who abuse you.
New American Standard Bible 
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
King James Bible
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
Holman Christian Standard Bible
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
International Standard Version
Bless those who curse you, and pray for those who insult you. 
NET Bible
bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you.
Aramaic Bible in Plain English
“Bless those who curse you, and pray over those who take you away by force.”
GOD'S WORD® Translation
Bless those who curse you. Pray for those who insult you.
King James 2000 Bible
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them who despitefully use you.
American King James Version
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which spitefully use you.
American Standard Version
bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them that calumniate you. 
Darby Bible Translation
bless those that curse you; pray for those who use you despitefully.
English Revised Version
bless them that curse you, pray for them that despitefully use you.
Webster's Bible Translation
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them who despitefully use you.
Weymouth New Testament
bless those who curse you; pray for those who revile you.
World English Bible
bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you.
Young's Literal Translation
bless those cursing you, and pray for those accusing you falsely;

So let me get this straight... after reading those different version, I'm suppose to bless those who put me down, call me names, think I'm worthless, have better days without me in them, think I'm an issue and flat out cause me to be miserable??!?!? I'm suppose to pray for those who falsely accuse me of wrong doing, who mistreat me, who use me and insult me?!??! 100% TRUE!! I am suppose to bless and pray for anyone who offends me, or treats me badly...right or wrong I need to pursue them in blessings and prayer just as much as they are pursuing me in defeat. Actually I need to pursue the blessings and prayer a lot more than they do their mission to make me feel bad. From reading up in the bible and watching different Pastors talk about this issue of people treating people badly, one common denominator holds true...these people who are lashing out are hurting far worse than we could ever imagine. These people need Jesus and His light and love, they need to realize their worth and purpose on this earth. They need hugged and loved by us...the ones they persecute.  When you think of it that way it changes everything doesn't it? The ones that want to hurt you are the ones who are hurting. We will never ever be able to remove the people that hurt us but we can pray and bless the curse right out of them!! God says that We can do all things through Christ or gives us strength. We are more than conquerers, we are mighty in bringing down strongholds because of the Holy Spirit in us. The wars that come against us are not about people but about satan and his schemes. The name satan means to separate two, to come between. Why in the world would I want to allow satan to come between me and people? Why would I become any part of his team? I am a child of the most high God and in HIM I can do all things. 

So the next time someone hurts you, puts you down, calls you names, bless and pray for that person. Come against the spirit of anger, hurt, resentment, frustration, jealousy, malice, whatever it is and love the person. God called us to follow his great command...LOVE ONE ANOTHER. If satan can come between people who should love he's winning. We need to take back this war of separation. 

-Thank you Lord for writing this out for me. I needed it today....