Read: Exodus 2:16-22
Reflect: When Moses sees the bullies run off
the women from the well, he intervenes, just as he intervened when the Egyptian
beat the slave and when one slave wronged another. Bullies are everywhere…in
our schools, workplaces, homes, and even churches. Have you ever been bullied?
Were you afraid? Did you stand up to the bully, or did someone else stand up
for you? How can you stand up for those who are being bullied today, who just
want their turn at the well?
The only type of bullying I've ever experienced was the ridiculously juvenile kind...not the scary, threatening kind. The juvenile kind is generally dealt with easily (put a lock on the locker people are rigging to dump at your feet, keep change in your pocket instead of purse where other kids might sneak and steal it).
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in first grade, though, a second-grade bully was picking on one of my classmates on the playground. I got "in his face" (had to stand on tiptoe to make eye contact with his chin!) and gave him a scolding and threatened to tell the teachers. He left the first graders alone after that. What a powerful lesson. Stand up for those who aren't standing up for themselves. Bullies back down. I've had precious little opportunity to exercise that lesson as an adult.
I just love Moses. He's so brave yet so insecure at the same time!