Turn The Other Cheek?! 🧐🤔

What up?! Hey friends... I want to jump in real quick with a scripture.

I’m the least dramatic woman I know. Seriously! If you knew me really well, you’d understand... My girlfriends frequently tease me that I’m a man trapped in a woman’s body - or at best - I don’t have emotions lol!! It cracks me up! But, the truth is; I’ve learned lessons in my younger years that caused me to grow to a place where I don’t harbor negative or shady thoughts. I don’t manipulate. I avoid drama by cutting people off when they become negative toward me. I despise arguing with people, so I withdraw from arguments. Because, when I argue, it literally drains me to a place of emptiness. I purposefully manifest positivity by not assuming anything. When I ask questions, it’s to get a response because I stopped assuming anything. There is no way to read minds as a human. Prophecy, is spiritual so it’s not mind-reading folks. I invite people to love life with me or miss me with drama. I’ll clean “x” folks out of my personal life, but maintain acquaintances in case they need prayer or encouragement. But, if you’ve assumed the posture of an enemy, I’ll only be available when you reach out genuinely. Periodt!

✝️...

There is a misconception that Christians are required to deal with people because God commands us to love. But, in fact, I can love you from a distance. I’m to turn the other cheek and I do it all the time by NOT reacting when people want me to. I simply stay quiet and talk to God. If you know what’s best, you’ll understand that your responses are often misunderstood and cause you to argue (which is you fighting your battles instead of letting God fight for you).

The Bible says... “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you;”. Matthew‬ ‭5:44‬ ‭KJV‬‬

Let’s break that down. Bless them that curse you... it’s hard, but I do it. I think I do it because I sympathize their need to engage in destructive behavior.

Do good to them that hate you... Y’all, there is no better seat or posture to take than to smile in the face of a person who doesn’t like you! My grandma and my mom always taught me something thats sort of petty. But that petty action is to make them even madder by not allowing their actions to affect you or your day or your blessings - just do good anyway and ignore them 😉!

Pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you... now, we ALL know people who use us, manipulate to get their way, lie to get their way and play victim to get their way. We also know those who will gossip about us, lie on us, tell a different story based on their perception of us and those who are just flat out evil and cause confusion. You MUST PRAY FOR THEM. You alone will never change their minds. You alone will never get the truth from them unless they want to give it. And when you KNOW they are causing confusion because they didn’t get the outcome they want, you don’t need to fight your own battle. Let go and let God! It’s so much more peaceful. And IF they’ve used you, count it a blessing!

Don’t believe me... go read ‭‭2 Peter. Here’s a snippet, “But these, as natural brute beasts, made to be taken and destroyed, speak evil of the things that they understand not; and shall utterly perish in their own corruption; And shall receive the reward of unrighteousness, as they that count it pleasure to riot in the day time. Spots they are and blemishes, sporting themselves with their own deceivings while they feast with you;”. 2 Peter‬ ‭2:12-13‬ ‭KJV‬‬

I choose happiness every time. Love always wins, because the greatest love comes from the Father! I feel sympathy for people a lot. If I could go into their brains to impart wisdom or a positive perspective, I would soooo do it! If I could, I’d invite them into my brain and see where I’m completely restructuring negative feedback to understand others. If my silence causes others to assume anything about me, I let them. I won’t defend myself. I won’t try to fight that battle because I would never win. I’m okay with losing when I know the loss is really theirs through their assumptions about me. Then, I forgive them and move on.

Do you turn the other cheek? If so, how do you do it?

I’m stern. I’m strict on myself. I’m straightforward; so I’m constantly asking God to restructure my candid remarks daily. So, I encourage you to be a better version of yourself everyday. Focus on God, your family, your self-care (because you cannot serve from an empty vessel), your purpose and your career!

until next time...

Shameria ♥️