Matthew 5:38-42 (New International Reader's Version)38 "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye must be put out for an eye. A tooth must be knocked out for a tooth.'—(Exodus 21:24; Leviticus 24:20; Deuteronomy 19:21) 39 But here is what I tell you. Do not fight against an evil person.
"Suppose someone hits you on your right cheek. Turn your other cheek to him also. 40 Suppose someone takes you to court to get your shirt. Let him have your coat also. 41 Suppose someone forces you to go one mile. Go two miles with him.
42 "Give to the one who asks you for something. Don't turn away from the one who wants to borrow something from you.
Last night, our teenage son played us some videos from You Tube of people harassing the on-line users from video games. The teenagers were being harassed using teenage slang. (The teenagers on-line did not know they were recorded.)
It was interesting to hear how the offended, angry people react ….they responded just the way the media has 'helped' the public know how to respond... the f-word flew…then death threats…god was mentioned (not in ways guaranteed to please Him). This did not impress the harassers to improve. Then one harasser was told in about 7 or 8 ways how to improve and become a better person with more compassion. The harasser was not impressed.
One young video player was exceptionally polite, actually the only video player not to throw the f-word or any other word, did not complain about the invasion of privacy and unfairness. This young video player attempted to find humor in the situation and attempted to relate to the harasser’s humor, not in an odd kiss-up way, but in an interested-in-you way. It seemed to diffuse a situation that tended to escalate.
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