Today I went to my flowerbed and picked up a ceramic bluebird. By the time I got back to my patio, ants were swarming all over my arm. They'd been living inside the bird, and I had disturbed their home. It didn't take me long to put down the big bird and brush off all the ants before they could exact their revenge upon me.
It seems a natural inclination to get even for a wrong done. I've done it in my lifetime. I've thought of ways to get even for what another has done to me. But each time I've done that, the revenge is not sweet. It is bitter. It left me with a nasty taste in my mouth. I felt irritated, angry and hateful. I did not feel good. Yet each time I have waited for the Lord in the situations, He has delivered me. He has given me peace where once there was turmoil. He's given me forgiveness where once there was unforgiveness. He's given me a prayer to pray for those who've hurt me. He's led me to pray for blessings upon them. He's given me a new heart, a new song for a new day. Again I can rejoice in trials that come my way.
"Do not say, "I'll pay you back for this wrong! Wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you." Proverbs 20:22

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