How to Respond

[525 words] How do we respond to others when they mistreat us? With love and understanding so that we can, hopefully, share the “Good News” with them? Or do we respond with whatever the law will allow? Of course if we choose the second one, we may never have the chance or opportunity to share the saving message of the gospel with that person. I think we have to ask ourselves in all situations of life, how would Jesus respond? What would Jesus’ reaction be to this? The following story was used as an illustration for a recent sermon, and it was written by Jack Hayford. It helps demonstrate a Jesus-like response to others who hurt us. “A Chinese Christian awoke one morning on his rice farm to find that the water was gone from his fields. The situation was mysterious because the farmer flooded his fields every night. One…