Turn the other cheek?

So for those who are curious here is my story of the day:
Today as I was biking home from a long day of work that happened to include an extra two hours of carrying wood to the back upstairs porch at Sunshine. Anyways, I was cruising down the sidewalk when a couple of guys decided it would be funny to try and jump me. One guy had rather long stick he swung at me, and the other just tried to hit me. Using my puma-like reflexes I ducked the stick and swerved toward the street, effectively evading my "friends." All this to say the only damage done was a slipped chain on the bike which I fixed about a block later (I don't really know how I was able to make that entire block without peddling.) When I looked up after fixing the bike (while hearing the guys and their entourage yell that they broke my bike and other not-Jesus-friendly things) There were two guys who were apparently the parking security at the church across the street, I said hey and just kept on moving (I think they were the reason the guys decided not to come and take the bike and my stuff. I think there's a touched-by-an-angel reference somewhere in here.)

In the last hour or so since it happened, I've had time to think and reflect on what happened. My first thought was to simply pray and thank God for gifting me with such lightning-fast reflexes, or at least that the guy had bad aim, or that he (God) simply protect me (if not some combination.) As I was thinking about it, I realized that this is the first (semi)serious incident in the last seven years of living here in what many would consider a 'dangerous' community. I consider it home. The reason I decided to share this is not for shock value, nor is it for sympathy or worry, rather it is intended to let you in on the glory of God and his sovereignty in this situation.

A passage of scripture quickly came to mind after I had been pondering it all school year; Matthew 5:38-44. In this passage Jesus essentially says if someone attacks you, don't attack back. Technically is says to turn the other cheek. Technically I ducked so I don't think I'll get in trouble for that one- I'm calling it "premature turning." Regardless, I hope that you will pray for the gentlemen whose actions belied their upbringing. I also would hope that you would pray for my many neighbors who have to deal with these kind of situations far more frequently than I, and who often times don't manage to evade unscathed.

In all things,

Soli Deo Gloria