Day 20: Proverbs Road Trip

Proverbs 20:22 Don’t say, “I’ll pay you back for the wrong you did.” Wait for the LORD, and he will make things right.

I have this saying, “I don’t get even...I get ahead.” I don’t know where I heard it, but I do know that that it’s stuck in my head. Why is it that I assume I actually have the power to get “even” with people? Why do I even try? When I focus on what others have done to me (evil) I allow not only their actions to hurt me – but our history together to CONTROL ME.

A better approach to hurt is forgiveness and, what I call “shifting”. I let God take care of it. I shift the hurt and vengefulness that I feel onto Him. You see, God does a much better job at fixing such things than I ever will and while He is dealing with the wrongs others have caused me – I get to go on with my own life.

So I wait for the Lord and let Him make things right in His time and way.