Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:21 KJV
I recently had the opportunity to go to the beach with my children and a Sister in Christ. The first evening that we were there the children and I were each stung by a jellyfish! They were rather small in size and did not deter us from enjoying that water.
The next morning like most beach goers we were up early to walk the shore and look for shells. What the shore lacked in shells we found in jellyfish that had been left behind from the tide!
These boys found the mission of their vacation. To save the jellyfish!
Our first day found us completely unprepared for “Operation Jellyfish Rescue.” Not to be outdone, my oldest put his ingenuity to work, and he used his sandal to manipulate them back into the ocean. Each time after he was sure to bring his shovel. He had a heart to help the helpless jellyfish laid out on the beach.
I saw the heart of Jesus pouring out from their innermost being.
They worked together to find and recover all that had been left behind. To show kindness to that which had caused them pain.
I couldn’t help but think of the scripture above, to offer good for evil. It would have been easy to justify leaving them on the shore. After all they had stung us a few times, and likely we would be stung again. It is their nature to sting. Yet, they returned them to the only place they can live. The place they can cause pain. The place where we would swim.
Children hold a rare and pure beauty.
Without thought, mine looked to restore life to the jellyfish. The very thing that had hurt them.
In the last part of Isaiah 11:6, it states that, “a little child shall lead them.”
My prayer is that we will slow to the pace of a child and allow them to lead us.
Friend, there is much to learn.
Hiking in Pearls 
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