Letters to the Bullied

Have you ever been a victim of bullying? Let me tell you that you are not alone, and you are not the only one that has experienced those hardships. It might be physical or emotional bullying, but either way it is still considered bullying because it's dragging someone down. My insights on bullying is it is like a bacteria. The more you give in to it, the more it will eat you. I'm saying that you should fight back and take your so ever sweet revenge on the bully, but in the end -- I am telling you right now for your own good-- you're going to be a bully yourself too. It eventually will eat you up if you give in to the bully and you fight him back. I know in this world, people tend to deal with circumstances like this on their own and of course people always say it's just self-defense (in other life-or-death cases, it's a different story). Personally, I think the BEST person to consult for such things is Jesus himself.
Did you know Jesus was also bullied back then? He was hurt physically. The Roman soldiers whipped with leather lashes like in this video but much worse...

He wasn't only whipped, He was ridiculed. Jesus was spitted on and He had to carry a 100-pound cross until the top of Calvary. With no food and only a few water in His body, it is more likely that He shouldn't have survived, but He did for a special purpose. He was nailed to the cross to save us from our sins. Not only was He hurt physically, but He was also hurt emotionally because most of His best friends and disciples had disowned Him and even one of them betrayed Him -- sold Him out for 30 pieces of silver. It must have hurt as much to know that in the end you're going to have to go through all of this by your own. The worst part is He was Spiritually broken because the Father(God) let Him die and experience all those torture by Himself. 


To think, He didn't talk back to those who abused and bullied Him. Now that takes a lot of courage. Most people, especially the bullies, think that bullying shows and proves that you are strong and courageous. That you are superior but the truth is courage is never about beating someone up and all those muscles/toughness, it's your self-control and how you deal with situations like this with the right decision. That makes a lot of effort to do that. Most importantly is to be able to turn your other 'cheek' to your enemy.


Luke 6:35 
But love your enemies, do good to them, and lend to them without expecting to get anything back. Then your reward will be great, and you will be sons of the Most High, because he is kind to the ungrateful and wicked.