Wow, my first inclination is to try and listen but if they push boy do I have a propensity to take their legs out from under them.  Father, what is the secret to suffering, willingly, accepting the challenge of our time?  This is not a thing of my spirit, for I would win the day in swordplay, wordsmanship, cunningness and inclination to better my fellow man, relegating all to status of enemy.  Will you allow me to concentrate my focus on your objective, giving you the control and achieving a level of patience yet unobserved in my countenance?  What would I become if I could not just show mercy when it is easy but actually, “be gentle” even in battle’s midst?

He that soweth the good seed is the son of man; The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.  As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.  Matthew 13:37-40

But John forbad him, saying I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?  And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness.  Then he suffered him.  Matthew 3:14-15

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth?  But I say unto you, that ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.  And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also.  And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.  Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.  Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy.  But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, and do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you; That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his son to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.  For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same?  And if ye salute your brethren only, what do you more than others? do not even the publicans so?  Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.

Father, clearly you are calling me to something beyond my reckoning or personal performance.  I cannot ignore it and I cannot personally achieve it, therefore I am left to prayer and patience.  Mold me in to that man who loves all especially advantaging the circumstances where I may show my enemies mercy, grace and hope.  This is what I want, total surrender to your will for my heart, nothing else will suffice.  I commit myself to being perfect even as you are perfect my Lord.  In Jesus’s Holy Name I pray.  Lord give them hope and let them know I truly love them, where words seem to be insufficient.