I was talking with my mother today about some issues I have had with certain people who have chosen to try and hurt me. I told her that I had no desire to cause them harm and would not take vengeance. I also told her I wouldn’t want to be them because when God took His vengeance on them it wasn’t going to be pretty.

Sometimes I think we look at people who seem evil and cruel and think that they get away with it. They keep stepping on people to get up the ladder or demeaning people to make themselves feel good. Some of them are very successful and wealthy, they even have the audacity to appear happy.

At times I have wondered what God was doing and when justice was actually going to happen. I wondered that when I first got divorced. I kept thinking God was going to ruin my ex, but he didn’t. He got a new house with a pool and a new marriage also.

The Holy Spirit spoke to me one night when I was crying out to God with the ever consuming question, “WHY?”

He said, “You need to stop looking at what they have and start looking at what I have done for you.”

I had done the right thing in waiting for God to take revenge but I had the wrong focus. I had taken my eyes off of God and the blessings He had bestowed upon me. After hearing that from the Holy Spirit I could have cared less what my ex and his new wife had. I had so much more than they had and it was far more valuable. I had an intimate relationship with a heavenly Father and that is something which no man can steal, no water can rust and no wind can blow away. Sure beats a house with a pool if you ask me. 😉