We don’t teach our children to take vengeance by repaying harm with harm, but rather as good parents we teach the best way to deal with a bully or inappropriate behavior is by refusing to submit to its standard and by doing GOOD to those whom would do bad to us…and the only way they would know how to do this is by following the example of their parents…so why expect anything less from the Perfect Father, our example? In fact, Jesus in Luke states “But I say unto you that hear, Love your enemies, & do good to them that hate you” and then He models this very act at the cross, displaying what LOVE does to its enemies, FORGIVES! When we were at our worst He gave us His very best and embraced all of humanity and consumed all our hate, all the lies, all sin.. and overcame our enmity. All that bound us to living an inferior life, a life less than what He intended for us, was swallowed up by love himself to never be found again. Is it not this truth, His goodness, that leads one to a change of mind, metanoia? Now, in beholding Him with veil torn, we can discover who we truly are. Is this not our hope when we teach our children to be good to those bullies, that they too would realize that that isn’t who they are. That their eyes would be opened and they would come to realize their actions are wrong not because they are evil, but because they are better than that, if they were evil it would be expected right? Wouldn’t this be the best vengeance? Vengeance that results in reconciliation, in both parties living according to their true design above the lies, and In doing so having vengeance on the evil that kept them apart rather than on one another, and would this not be true justice? Would not justice be the revealing and at the same time the destruction of the lie..of the the evil that kept the individuals hostage to the cycle of a broken relationship built on anger, guilt, suspicion, insecurity, etc. instead of a relationship of mutual adoration, where both are finally free to embrace and enjoy one another? Is this not what love would desire for all its children, freedom to be fully and truly oneself without fear of rejection..after-all is that not how bullies are made? And would not the reality of this overwhelming love always having been in pursuit of you even in the midst of all your sin and rejection of it, be the worst and yet the best correction? That moment when you realize "Oh how wrong I was about you, Im so sorry, YOU ARE GOOD!"....what hurt..what disappointment..what HELL..and then what relief..what bliss..what joy..what Heaven to follow. The power of FORGIVENESS..OF TRUE JUSTICE...OF LOVE.. is freedom to live, as you were always meant to, in HIS EMBRACE! ♥ jesus-loves-you.org/an-act-of-forgiveness-like-no-other/?fb_action_ids=10151431334802890&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=ot her_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151431334802890%22%3A158658337621107%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151431334802890%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D
Posted on: Thu, 27 Jun 2013 01:14:01 +0000
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