Love Your Enemies?

We saw a picture of snakes, and Enoch (age 6) asked, "Snakes are bad, so are they our enemy?"

I said, "I guess so."

He concluded, "Well, if they are our enemy, then that means we have to love them, right?"

"I don't think Matthew 5:44 applies to snakes, Buddy."

"But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;" Matthew 5:44