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Be the better person, Forgive, God's love, Hurt, Let it go, Proverb, Wrong
Don’t you just love it when God gives you a great thought for the day, and an important lesson from his Word? It feels like He is just speaking right to me sometimes and it is truly amazing! I was reading this morning in Proverbs and it was EXACTLY what I needed right now! I would like to share it with you in hopes that maybe it will help you the same way that it helped me.
Proverbs 24:29
Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.
Judgement is in God’s hands, not our own and we should not try to take the matter of retaliation into our own hands- no matter how right we may feel in so doing.
How many times has someone hurt you or wronged you? I am sure there have been many times that you can call to memory in just a few short moments. Ok, let me as you this- How many times have you wronged someone? Yeah, that question hurts a little huh? As much as I hate to admit it, I know that I have wrongfully hurt people before, and have done and said things that later I regret. I am not proud of that fact at all, but the truth is we are human! We make mistakes- all of us!
Yes, sometimes people may hurt us and wrong us, but rather than retaliate, we need to pray for them. Prayer is a strong tool and we should use it! Pray that God will touch their hearts and show them to do better. Pray that he will bring to their attention that maybe they were in the wrong, or acting unfairly. This will bring way more peace than just treating someone “the way they treated you-poorly.”
We also need to pray that God will touch our own hearts so that we can live as examples of His grace, and no matter what, treat others with kindness and respect. We should pray that even if that person who hurt us never apologizes or tries to make things right, we will have a forgiving heart and not let bitterness take root inside us.
I am not saying this is easy, but it is what the Bible tells us to do. We are not to recompense evil for evil or wrong for wrong. We are supposed to be living examples of God’s love and grace. This will ultimately help you to be come a better person.
Have a great day! 🙂