Grace for your spirit
Never pay back evil for evil to anyone. Respect what is right in the sight of all men.If possible, so far as it depends on you, be at peace with all men. Romans 12:17-18
This is a subject that was never taught where I went to school. The most consistent events at our high school were the fights that took place over behind the Methodist church at 3:30. You would be taunted all day, until you agreed to fight. We are still unlikely to learn to not get even, not to take revenge, and not return evil for evil today. The world teaches to get even and pay back. When we pay back evil for evil, we become evil. When we don't respect what is right, we are wrong. When we won't live at peace, it leads to revenge, and revenge only belongs to God, not us. If we don't overcome evil, it will overcome us. As Barney would say to Andy, "We've got to nip it Andy. Nip it in the bud" The whole chapter of Romans 12, give us the "nip it" formula. Read it.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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