Turning the other cheek

There once was a big sergent from a Highland regiment that was serving in Egypt. He was asked about the circumstances of his conversion. 

He was asked, “Why did you become a Christian?” Then he told the story of a private in his company that was harassed and many times made fun of by the other soldiers because of his religious faith. 

One night the private came into his barracks quite late. It was a very rainy night. Before getting into his bunk, he knelt down and prayed as he always did before he went to bed. The sergeant picked up one of his boots, which was heavy with wet mud. He threw it across the room and hit the private on the side of the head. 

The private said nothing. He just wiped the mud off and crawled into bed. The next morning however, when the sergeant woke up, he found his muddy boots cleaned and polished by his bedside. The sergeant said, “It just broke my heart.”

Turning the other cheek is not easy. The first inclination is to strike back or get even or to even seek revenge. But the route that Jesus urges us to take and He also practiced it himself, is the way which is more likely to influence another person for good. 

Jesus said, “I say unto you that ye resist not evil; but whosoever shall smite thee on your right cheek, turn to him the other also.” (Matthew 5:39)

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