If bullying continues, tell someone, preferably
a trusted adult. Tell your parents, a trusted
teacher, counsellor, or principal.
Within several weeks, after rededicating her
life back to God and then utilizing the strategies her counsellor had given her to combat
the bullies, my daughter’s confidence came
back. She developed new friendships and her
once tiny circle of friends grew. Eventually
her group of friends was much larger than the
“bully group” and as such the “safety in numbers” factor cut in. The bullies lost interest in
tormenting her, and on occasion if they tried
to intimidate her, she was no longer afraid of
telling on them. She got her “no quit” attitude
back and it propelled her through the rest of
the year and has remained with her ever since.
A while back I was on Facebook and noticed
that one of my daughter’s Facebook “friends”
was one of the girls who had bullied her that
fateful year in middle school. I must admit I
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was quite surprised to see that my daughter
was actually corresponding back and forth
with her quite regularly. I marveled how God
had helped her come to a place in her life
where she could forgive and forget so completely. When I commented about it to her,
she just smiled.
My daughter has had opportunity through the
years to share her testimony regarding that
bullying experience. God has given her great
sensitivity and compassion towards those
young people who are victims of bullying. She
shares how angry she was at me for reading
in her diary, but how glad she is that I did. She
shares how God brought people in to her life
to help her, to encourage her and to love her
at a time when she thought she was all alone.
And lastly she tells them’ “Don’t give up! Don’t
quit!”
Jeremiah 29:11
“For I know the plans I have for you, declares
the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm
you, plans to give you hope and a future.” `
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Develop other friendships and stick up for
each other.