Response

Recently in the Homework Club, our kids were going through the wordless book and settled into a discussion on sin. What is sin? One of the sins pointed out happened to be violence. Our grade 4 kids asked if it was a sin to hit someone who was raping them, or raping their sister ... was it a sin to retaliate on someone who walked up to them at school or on the street and punched them in the face ... this is the reality of a grade 4 child where I live and work.

Of course the biblical answer that came up was that, as Christians, we're to turn the other cheek and let God be our avenger.

Since I'd recently struggled with the answer to the question of what to do when someone repeatedly crosses your boundaries, I didn't say much in response to that scripture quote. I know myself ... in myself I would say hit first and seek repentence later if needed.

Everyone of us would respond differently.