Vengeance/Forgiveness
Vengeance is having a videotape planted in your soul that cannot be turned off. (Lewis B. Smedes, late theology professor and author)
It’s human nature to want to get back at someone who has hurt us. Sadly, we often don’t only want to get even, we want to do even greater harm. As Smedes notes, however, the revenge-seeker is really the long-time sufferer. But, as the late South African writer, Alan Paton, reminds us, “When a deep injury is done us, we never recover until we forgive.”
Forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others (Colossians 3:13).