When our oldest son was in the first grade, he came home from school complaining about every kid (and parent’s) nightmare…a bully. Apparently this boy was not only harassing classmates during class, in the hallway lineup, and at the lunch table, but he was preying on kids smaller than himself and pinning them down in a choke-hold on the playground. We gave our son some practical advice on dealing with bullies, but then we armed him with his best defense: prayer. I explained to our son that people hurt for different reasons. We sometimes hurt on the outside, like when we get cuts and bruises. But sometimes we hurt on the…