moment comes when the enemy is placed into the hands of the other
side. What to do then? Kill them? It is hard to not respond when we
have been hurt, threatened, accused, cut off, etc. Our human nature
is to strike back. But the striking back typically heightens the
battle. I am hit so I hit and they you hit and then... One act of
aggression typically leads to another. Amazing how we live out that
story.
But what if an act of aggression is met with an act of kindness? Can
it be that one act, one small act can turn a war into a season of
peace? Can one act of power bring us back to our sanity? Can one act
of kindness actually shape the lives of hundreds and thousands of
people connected to us at a distance? Could our one act turn a city?
Does here in II Kings. If your children's future was involved would
you extend kindness when you want to strike back? If your neighbor's
lives depended upon your response could you find a way to extend one
act of kindness and turn aggression into hope? Just one act. Just
one. YOURS!
