Turning the other cheek when you’ve been “emotionally slapped”
Have you ever been “emotionally slapped” by somebody? Almost everyone knows what it’s like to be treated rudely or cruelly by somebody else–it’s a painful experience that leaves us wanting to strike back at the person who hurt or insulted us. But what’s a Christlike response to being emotionally hurt? how can we “turn the other cheek” when our attacker is using words and gossip to hurt us?
In a three-part series of essays at Soulation, Dale and Jonalyn Fincher talk about how to handle situations like this. The first article talks about the experience of being “emotionally slapped”; the second discusses ways you can constructively respond, and the third describes how and when you should confront a person who’s hurt you emotionally.
These articles are just a few available online at the Soulation online library. If you like these articles, take some time to browse through the many others available at their site.
