Bully Before — Bully After

“Bully Before” by Norman Rockwell
I know most of us have probably been bullied in our lives and oh, what hurt and harm it can bring.
It can totally change how we feel about ourselves. Only the Love of Jesus can heal that hurt.
The Holy Spirit not only showed me the terrible harm caused to the bullied child but He showed me something about the bully too.
As I was sitting and contemplating this, I was brought into a Vision. The only way I can describe it was like an old fashioned Norman Rockwell painting, only it came alive.
I am thinking he may have even had a painting like this.
And I saw in this Vision, a bully standing over an innocent child who was crouching before him in fear.
But suddenly, the Vision changed. The bullied child looked up, and saw through the tough exterior of bully. The Spirit had revealed The Truth to him.
This bully’s hard exterior had been formed over time, and I saw the bully as a child who had been subject to much ridicule and cruelty and lovelessness. The bully had been bullied.
And it seemed to come from a parent and also from siblings and other children.
And I saw that his heart was dry and cracked, and broken. Empathy and compassion and kindness was foreign to the bully.
They knew nothing but fear and darkness, and I saw their soul mourning in deep anguish.
And so this bully had lashed out and hurt others before they could could be hurt themselves.
It was all they knew growing up. It was their protection, their armor of hate and cruelty and violence.
And I saw that the bullied child had grown into adulthood also. They had conquered their shyness and insecurity and hurt and sadness by the Love of God that had been shown to them.
And I saw the adult bullied child full of confidence and boldness and The Spirit of Overcoming reigned in their heart through the power of The Holy Spirit.
Suddenly, the adult child who had been bullied came upon the adult bully.
But they no longer crouched down in fear. Oh no. They had become full of the Spirit of God until it overflowed.
They no longer felt like a victim but like a victor.
I saw this Child of God reached out and touch the bully with the Love of God.
Suddenly the Light of Jesus shone into the bully’s heart, and I saw the dry cracked dead heart of the bully become a heart of flesh again, as pink as a newborn baby’s.
And all the anguish and hurt and sorrow and regret poured out of this bully, and they wept many tears of shame and regret. But God was healing this bully.
He healed their very broken and damaged heart. He made them whole, not because of their works, but because of the GRACE and LOVE and FORGIVENESS offered by the person they had bullied.
And I saw Jesus remove the bully’s garment which was tattered and torn and filthy, and replace it with the Garments of Salvation, pure and white.
The Light of God shone into their dead soul and spirit and the bully was no longer a bully, but they were ALIVE in Christ.
The Light from Jesus’ Face shining through the one had shone into the deepest recesses of the bully and transformed them. He had translated them from the kingdom of darkness into His Marvelous Light.
It was the Goodness of God that had caused them to repent. Repent means to change your mind and direction. This bully was a New Creation, just as the bullied child had become.
They both threw off those labels, and were just Children of God. They had been made One with Jesus in God our Father.
So if you were a bully, or if you were bullied, our Abba Father is healing your heart.
Jesus is the Healer of broken hearts. His love makes you whole, no matter what you have done.
We know that all of us have sinned and come short of the Glory of God. But when Jesus comes into your heart, you become a New Creation, behold all things become new.
Jesus came to seek and save those who were lost. You have died and your life is now hidden in Christ. God your Father does not look at your resume, He only looks at Jesus in you.
This story has the happiest of endings, for this is what our Father desires, that NONE should perish.
Oh, may the Love of God shine brilliantly into your heart today, and please know that you are loved DEEPLY, above and beyond what you can think or imagine.
God is healing hearts today. ❤
Whether you have been bullied or were the bully, it matters not to Jesus. He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
And as you are made whole, you shall bring others into the Saving Knowledge of Jesus Christ, and their cracked and broken hearts shall be made whole by the Overflowing Living Water in you!
To God be the Glory, forever and ever, amen.
The LORD says to you, “It is not the end, but the BEGINNING of the NEW, Beloved.
I AM placing upon you the Mantle of the Ministry of Reconciliation.
I AM the Father of Compassion and the God of all Comfort, who comforts you in all your troubles.
And when your heart is healed and whole, Dear Heart, I will send you out to comfort those in any trouble with the comfort you that have received.
And I will be working with you, signs and wonders following.”
After I wrote this, I googled Norman Rockwell, and the word bully, and the painting of the bully came up. Its titled, “Bully Before.” Only God. This is exactly what The LORD showed me. From 1921. BUT, Mr. Rockwell also painted one called “Bully After” which depicts the bully on the ground and the bullied child standing over him, getting his revenge. Isn’t The LORD’s ways so much different from the world. His Saving Grace is for ALL. We are Children of God and not of the world. We walk not in vengeance, but in His Amazing Grace.
“If it is possible on your part, live at peace with everyone. Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says The LORD.” On the contrary, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him a drink. For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head.” Romans 12:18-20.
BURNING COALS are not judgement, for judgement was poured out on Jesus. But see what Isaiah wrote: … Then one of the seraphim flew to me, and in his hand was a GLOWING COAL that he had taken with tongs from the altar. And with it he touched my mouth and said: “Now that this has touched your lips, your iniquity is removed and your sin is atoned for.” Isaiah 6:6-7.
“Grace and peace to you from God our Father and The LORD Jesus Christ. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.…” 2 Corinthians 1:2-4 .
“For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him. Whoever believes in Him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe has already been condemned, because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son.” John 3:17-18.
“So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh. Although we once regarded Christ in this way, we do so no longer. Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come! All this is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:16-18.
“He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.” Psalm 147:3.
“The spirit of The LORD is upon me because The LORD has anointed me to preach good tidings to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim Liberty to the captives and the opening of the prison to those who are bound.” Isaiah 61:1.
“The Spirit of The LORD is upon Me, because He hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; He hath sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised.” Luke 4:18.
“And they went forth, and preached everywhere, The LORD working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.” Mark 16:20.
~ Deborah Waldron Fry


This is a spot-on word for me Deborah!!
God bless you beautiful lady!!
Awesome word..so true..