The Greatest Payback
"I'm gonna get him back!" "He's gonna pay for this." "I want him to feel the pain he caused me." These are some of the sayings people may say when they are angry and feel that they were hurt or treated unfairly or unjustly. Have you ever felt that way? Sometimes when someone hurt me or when I felt treated unfairly, I whisper under my breath or in my head "They're gonna get it back. Wait til they see. Just let them wait." I t could have been a true unfair or unjust situation, but the desire to want to get back at them is not the work of the Holy Spirit. How do I do? Because the thought, desire, or feeling does not reflect the fruits of the Spirit. The twelve fruits of the Holy Spirit are: charity (love), joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, generosity, gentleness, faithfulness, modesty, self-control, and chastity (see Galatians 5:22-23). So, if my thoughts, feelings, and desires do not reflect those fruits, the...