A Love Worth Giving.

I have to go to Tristan's school this morning for a conference with the Principle and his Teacher. There was a note sent home with him the other day saying that he punched a kid in the stomach and chest and that he was being placed on ISS (In School Suspension). Of course he denied the incident completely. According to the teacher there were 2 other boys that saw it happen but according to Tristan, this boy hit him and the 2 other boys were nowhere around. Not sure how to handle the situation, we sent him to his room to 'think' about what happened at school and the consequences of him telling us a lie about it. My father suggested that we have him read Matthew chapter 5 (turning the other cheek) and ask him again what happened at school. Again, he told us the same story... that the boy hit him in the stomach and shoulder and that when he got up to go tell the teacher, this other boy ran past him and said that Tristan had hit him instead. The story didn't change.. neither did any of the occurences in the story. So far, he's been very convincing.
Next day... Tristan comes home from school and says that this same boy was picking on him again at school and that he didn't do anything to him. Again he brought up the incident of the day before and said "Mommy, I need to tell you something." Of course I figured that he was about to confess his guilt so I prepared myself for the fact that my son is becoming a bully, something that I try so hard to raise him against. He said "I was thinking today and praying to God about what I should do about that boy at school. And I realized that if I tell you that I hit him.... that it would be a lie. And God doesn't want me to tell you a lie. I DID NOT HIT THAT BOY AT SCHOOL." I don't know about you... but I believe him. That was enough to convince me. So we are going to meet with his teacher and principle at school today to convince them also and have the ISS removed from his school file.