The other day, Richelle got beat up. I believe largely it was my fault. Here is what I mean. Richelle was in a situation where she was playing with one of her friends in town. This is unusual because Richelle only spent one year at the school in town, and is now homeschooling. The big reason we pulled her out of school was because she kept getting picked on, largely by younger students.
Anyways, as these kids were playing, one of the younger kids got pushed around by another girl. Richelle stepped in, but not to attack. She stepped in to defend, and ended up on the ground, with a little girl jumping on her back, twisting her arm back and trying to choke her. At this point, some other boys pulled this 5 year old girl off of Richelle (this was unique in that these same boys were part of the problem last year).
When I asked Richelle about this she said, "Dad, you said that Jesus wouldn't fight back, but would still defend the weak - that's what I did."
Wow. Should I be proud? Should I feel dumb? Maybe I should just keep Richelle on the yard at home and never let her play with people again 
I don't know how I should feel about this. I commend the church in China that didn't start a revolution against the communists, but God was with them and they grew within their persecutive context.
I also think there is a role for Justice in the bible, but I'm unsure as to weather Christians should play a role for Justice outside of the church, other than to defend the weak, etc. etc. I'm wrestling with this because I don't know what I should teach Richelle about this.
Either way, I think I'm going to enroll Richelle into Karate' next year...
Blessings
rob
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