Leave It to Heaven
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord. Romans 12:19
Leave It to Heaven
Never take your own revenge, beloved, but leave room for the wrath of God, for it is written, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," says the Lord. Romans 12:19
This classified ad actually appeared in a San Francisco area newspaper:
For sale: 1984 Mercedes, 240 SL. Loaded. First $50 takes it. 868-5737.
Not believing his eyes, a man called the number to see if the "$50" was a misprint. A woman assured him it wasn't. So the man rushed to her home and gave her $50 in cash. As she handed him the title to the luxurious automobile he asked the obvious question: "Why are you selling a Mercedes for $50?"
"Well," she explained, "my husband just phoned me from Las Vegas. He's there with his secretary, and he said he's leaving me. He went broke gambling, and he asked me to sell the Mercedes and send him half of what I get for it."
This woman got what she thought was "sweet revenge." Unfortunately, it's a pattern of behaviour that often creeps into families that aren't breaking up, as well as those struck by the tragedy of divorce. We justify getting back at people when they take advantage of us. Accounts need to be "evened up."
Why does the Bible challenge such thinking and behaviour? Why are we to leave vengeance to God? Because He, not us, is the source of right and wrong. When your
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