Dear friends, never avenge yourselves. Leave that to God.
For it is written, "I will take vengeance;
I will repay those who deserve it," says the Lord.
It is a natural reaction to want to get even, to fight tooth for tooth and evil for evil. It reminds me of a a story about a wife nagging her husband. He had become so annoyed that he left their home and lived in the family tree house in the backyard. The wife wrote a letter to a local advice columnist saying, "My husband is living in the family tree house and he’s such an annoyance because he swings in a hammock on his porch, merrily chatting with passersby." The columnist responded with, “Quit being a nag.” Whenever you try to get something done in your own strength it never really works out properly. This goes not just for naggers, but also complainers and pushy people. Sometimes the struggles will just continue to linger on within a tit for tat situation. Just give it to God because His strength and timing are perfect.
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