For example, you could have taken that "slap in the face" as an opportunity to return the favor and given it back.
That sort of retaliation is one point of view and justified by the "truth" found while seeing the world from that point of view.
Another point of view is to forgive the "slap" and offer the other cheek.
The truth of this point of view is difficult, if not impossible, to see from the retaliation/revenge point of view.
However, if we choose to see things from the Lord's Prayer point of view, then we accept that in forgiving, we are forgiven.
From this point of view, we might then see each "slap" as an opportunity for a blessing instead of an opportunity to justify our anger and then justify our revenge.
I've learned the hard way that there is a moment between stimulus and response where we choose what our response will be.
No matter what the stimulus might be, no matter how painful or horrific it might be, that moment still exists and the choice of how to respond is ours to make.
Best to choose wisely.
This article just has me so pumped up! It’s like a light-bulb moment for me! Then after I made a reply, a news blurb spoke about today being the 70 th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz! I thank God, praise Him, and am grateful to those who fought for their freedom: I actually have 2 WWII vets in the family. So much to be thankful for! :)