WWJD

Open your fist, lay down your sword and reach out your hand in mercy, compassion and understanding.  This is how you overcome.  This is how you win the battle.  It seems crazy, but this is where real courage  will show up.  It doesn't take courage to retaliate with an eye for an eye.  That is nothing special.  That is what is expected.  That is what comes naturally.  However, when someone slaps you and you not only refuse to slap them back but take their hand in prayer, that is supernatural.  When you can pray God's best upon someone who did the worst to you, you become Christian (like Christ). At first, you may feel weak or like you're giving in and letting them beat you.  But you'll find that love is far more powerful than man's strength or greatest physical weapon.  Our battles, using our might and instruments of war, are destructive and ultimately ineffective.  But God's instruments of mercy, truth, faith, righteousness, and peace heal, build and give life.  They can not fail.  They make a difference that is eternal.