No Place For Hate

As much as we casually throw around the word ‘hate’ in everyday conversation, it might be a good opportunity to explain what we actually mean by the term when we use it. The Bible reserves the concept of hate to mean only one thing: to desire the destruction of another! Whenever I hear people casually say “I hate you” in moments of conflict, it actually affects me adversely because I am aware of the negative wish for harm being carelessly declared on a fellow human. What is the answer? Is it possible to eradicate hate from our vocabulary?