I found the verse that drove me to react the way I did. :) Today at DBS, we went through Matthew 5:1-48. Please go read it?
Anyway. The verse that I remembered was Matthew 5:38-48.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Eye for eye, and tooth for tooth.'But I tell you, Do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you.
"You have heard that it was said, 'Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.' 44But I tell you: Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. If you love those who love you, what reward will you get? Are not even the tax collectors doing that? And if you greet only your brothers, what are you doing more than others? Do not even pagans do that? Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
..Aandd yes. So I mean, it's near impossible to love your enemy, especially if he/she has done really mean things and has hurt you really bad, but try to look at it from another point of view. Move over to God's perspective. God loves people, every single one, but He hates satan, the fallen angels and sin. So what we should do is to not hate the people who have wronged us but rather, love the person and hate the sin. It's much easier to see sin as the enemy and not the person. Everyone does wrong and hurts someone sometime or another.
Plus, today was abit weird because of all the talk on stuff pertaining to human reproduction. Saw some really gross graphic pictures today. Shall not elaborate. Renjean, Cara, yall are fortunate to have missed that. :/
My mum got an epiphany today. So we were sitting around eating beancurd with glutinous rice balls when she suddenly declared that my husband has to be KIND. She went on to elaborate that KINDness is the first criteria for choosing a guy, based on character alone. So that's point one of who to look out for. That's going into my journal to my future husband. :D
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