When People Hurt You

How To Respond When People Hurt You...

What comes to our mind in response to the question, “Who has hurt you? Who has offended you? Who has lied about you? Who has betrayed you?

How quickly can you make a short list of people who have caused you pain? And who were these people who hurt you? Family members? Your wife? Your husband? One of your parents? Your children? Or was it a person at work? Or a friend from church ⛪- perhaps better labeled “a famer friend, ”

How many friendships have been shattered because their cruel words or actions left you feeling betrayed?

Ok... Hollywood makes 🎬 blockbuster movies with a simple story line. A victim of injustice is hurt, and through out the movie seeks to recover what is right fully his or hers. And when they finally get to the end, we cheer the hero’s revenge. “All right, go far it, that 😈evil person deserves it! ”

But how does God want us to respond to people who hurt us? Whether that person is a family member or an enemy, how should we react?

The Bible speaks quite plainly to the issue of revenge: “Do not take revenge, my friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written :It is mine to avenge ;I will repay ;says the Lord. ”(Romans 12:19) Just in case there is any confusion. God does not need you to tell Him when or how to get revenge.

So how does God wants us to respond to those who hurt us? (Luke 6:27-36) Speaks to this issue with great detail. In some areas of the christian life we struggle to find out how God wants us to respond. That is not the case here. God’s instructions are detailed.

Jesus said “But I tell you who hear me:Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you, "(Luke 6:27-28) In the following verses Jesus gives several specific examples of how to treat those who have hurt us, and He concludes with, “Be merciful, just as your Father is merciful. ”

I’ll let you look at each of those instructions Jesus gave us, but let me warn you in advance — they are not logical from a human perspective.

@Jerry’s thoughts 💭🤓😇

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