Hate begets hate unless we stop the cycle. We don't have to reciprocate in like manner. Keep your love on in the face of hatred. Christ was hated, too, but chose to love us, anyway. If there is anything to hate it is hatred itself.

Bible Reading: Genesis 37–40

Verse of the day is: Genesis 37:4 "When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him."

Word of the day is: Hated. It is the Hebrew word: שָׂנֵא (saw-nay').