When attacked turn the other cheek

 We have a friend who we work with. With this friend, we have been able to support our family in these critical times that are hard to deal with. It has been a major aid to us. However, as things happen in this world tribulation came on that family. Some students bullied our friend's child. This was very cruel bullying. The students threatened to even rape our friend's daughter. This is just one of the many threats against her. They said terrible things about her family, and very likely attacked her verbally. They used social media to attack her as well. Our friend who runs a business was too busy and was focusing on her business. It was growing so our friend felt the need to make sure it would continue to grow. In fact, our friend's child did not keep these attacks a secret. I and Yogita were told about it and we did our best to be listening ears.

When our friend came to know about this. Our friend became vengeful. The bullies' parents were made to apologize. Also, those students were kicked out of our friend's school. In addition, a case was filed against them at the Ministry of Education which will put a mark against them for the rest of their lives. This was optional. Our friend could have accepted the apologies and resumed teaching those students and settling the school bullying issue. I would have home-schooled my child. 

The parents joined forces and fought back, hard. They first went after the business (there were issues related to it). You see our friend gave a lot of details about the business because of drinking coffee and spending many hours with these mothers. They likely asked veiled probing questions. 

They succeeded the business lost the license and our friend had to shut down. Then they went after the taxes. Due to them knowing many personal details they understood that the issue with the license meant that taxes were not handled properly. So then two fines are imposed on our friend. 

The moral of this story is vengeance belongs to Jehovah. When we attack each other it never ends We all get hurt over and over again. The only we will work with our friend is unless our friend sues for and pursues peace. If war continues we will stay out of it. The bible advises us to stay away from a quarrel, and if we see one get away from it. So I ill follow these wise words!

/tata