What do you love, and what do you hate?
When I read this verse, I think about Lot. I imagine that when he first separates from Abraham in the Old Testament, he never would have imagined himself in a place like Sodom.
But over time, he clearly became comfortable with it. We all make compromises, and Lot clearly does. He doesn't hate evil enough to separate from it, so he settles in, and soon it surrounds him and endangers him.
May we continually rejoice in God, and may we pay attention to the evil in the world -- may we not grow comfortable with it, but reject it, and continue to do so, that we may not find ourselves surrounded by it. And may we give thanks that God draws us out of danger by God's grace and mercy.
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