This reflection was submitted via another means by George Marsh: “Reflecting on today’s word, loving my enemies. I tried that and was deceived out of a large amount of money over two years. When I admitted that the man I had trusted was dishonest, I recalled another of Jesus’s teachings, be gentle as lambs and cunning as serpents. I had not taken advice to be careful giving money to a stranger with a criminal record. To protect other gullible people, I told the police, the man’s parole officer, what he did to me; the police arrested him, put him on trial, and the court sentenced him to prison. My former trusted friend will have some time to amend his conscience and life. I pray that God will take special care for him and his family, and for the public and the system of law enforcement.”
