Chuck Swindoll tells the story of a lady whose doctor said to her, “You’ve got rabies.” Immediately she pulled out a pad and pencil and began writing. Thinking she was making out her will, the doctor said, “No, no, this doesn’t mean you’re going to die. There’s a cure.” “I know that,” she said, “I’m making a list of the people I’m gonna bite!”
Revenge is like rabies; sometimes it devastates the one who gets hurt, but it always destroys the one who does the hurting. It’s insidious because (a) it convinces you that it’s justified, (b) it forces you to get bogged down in bitterness and self-pity, (c) it makes you spit in a well you may some day have to drink from, (d) it sidetracks you, and (e) it causes you to take the low road.
“Don’t insist on getting even; that’s not for you to do. ‘I’ll do the judging,’ says God. ‘I’ll take care of it’” (Romans 12:19 TM).
You’re not qualified to judge because: (a) You don’t really know what’s in somebodyelse’s heart, causing them do the things they do. (b) You’re setting the standard by which you yourself will be judged. Listen, “Whatever measure you use in judging others, it will be used to measure how you are judged” (Matthew 7:1 NLT). Can you live with that?
If you’ve been hurt, forgive! Then, for your own good, put it into God’s hands. He’s the only One who’s qualified to handle it. And He will if you let Him!
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Source: http://www.bobgass.com/todaysword.php
