I've been thinking (and weblogging) lately about how the Bible teaches us to deal with sin and temptation and I heard a great true story recently that illustrates one method.Picture Danny Bonaducci child star of the partridge family. Once a child star then rebellious youth turned philanthropist/professional fighter/radio personality. Can you picture him? Ok now picture him jogging through a bad part of a certain city. It's night and his girlfriend is sitting on a bench keeping track of his laps.
Three nefarious-looking individuals start following him. They seem intent on catching up with him.
Danny knew they meant him harm and he quickly considered his options. He could try to run away with his girlfriend but knew they would be overtaken. And when this happened he would be out of breath and unable to fight. Alternatively, he could try and bluff them and if it went badly at least he'd have some energy to fight.
He chose the latter.
Danny spun around and walked quickly and directly at his followers.
"Who wants what and when do you want it?", he demanded
Immediately two of the would-be assailants turned and fled. The one remaining man was brandishing a razor sharp carpet knife.
"Give me your wallet!", he demanded
"I can't give you my wallet man", Danny said. "My girlfriend is watching.
"I don't give a d*** about your girlfriend", the mugger swore.
"Now that's not nice", Danny said "and now we're gonna have to have words"
"Gimme your money", muggerdude repeated.
"Look there's guys that will use a knife and guys that won't and I can tell you're a guy that won't"
This statement obviously provoked the carpet knife carrying fellow because at that moment he struck out and sliced Danny cutting him on an angle from his shoulder and down across his chest. Danny spun away from him and he was sliced a second time down the back of his arm to his elbow. Blood immediately started to leak out of him all over as he turned to face his attacker.
Now you should know that Danny taught self defence classes. Included in the usual curriculum was how to disarm someone wielding a rubber knife. Apparently most muggers don't use rubber knives but thankfully the move worked just as well on a metal knife. So well in fact, that if someone had been standing nearby they would've been killed by the force that the knife left the surprised mugger's hands.
Bloody and shaking Danny glowered at the unarmed mugger, "I was going to beat you while you had a knife, imagine the horror show I'm going to unleash on you now"
Apparently that was all the mugger needed to hear because he turned heel and ran away from him as fast as possible.
Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. - James 4:7
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