devotions and reflections

This is one of the most valuable lessons I have learned in this world. Sometimes when we are confronted with a situation where we have to decide whether we fight or flight. By flight I mean to be nice even if people abused you.

Jesus in his sermon on the mount taught this “Matthew 5:43-48 43 Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shall love thy neighbor, and hate your enemy. 44 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; 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (KJV)”

It’s easier said than done but once you have done it you will reap abundant reward.

When I was in college I was wrongly blamed for being noisy in the class and as a result I was given a D by my teacher. I didn’t know how to fight. I knew that the best thing to deal with the matter was to pray for that teacher to realize what she did. I know that our loving Father would bless her.

When I got a teaching job and I told myself that I would never be treat my students like my teacher treated me. Few years after I graduated in college I met that teacher and I felt so thrilled to see her and proud that I have landed a job. But I saw a gloom in her eyes. Perhaps she remembered how had been nasty to me and she is regretful of it. But on my part my heart was filled with genuine happiness and there was no feeling of remorse. I was just glad I didn’t fight her back.