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Making a Friend of a Foe

Read 2 Kings 6 verses 11- 23.  The quoted story can be a lesson in strategy or a lesson in Jesus' life.  Pastor David Jacobs expands on these verses with this explanation:    "When I was in middle school, there was a boy that was much bigger than everyone else, and wow, he was a bully! He would really pick on other students and even hurt them, but he was so big nobody dared to stand up to him. He was equally as terrible to teachers, but I remember after school one day I noticed him red in the face, wiping tears from his eyes. Although he was so big, when he broke down he was like anyone else. That student was awful in my teacher's class, but my teacher put his arm around him, comforted him, and took him into his office so that other people could not see. After that, the student behaved quite well in that class, although I wish I could say the same about other classes!" "My teacher's compassion to a person that had constantly troubled him humbled the terrible ...