Greetings Saints...
"Do not rejoice when your enemy falls. And do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles; lest the Lord see it, and it displease Him...and He turn away his wrath from him."
(Pro-Verbs 24:17-18)
There is just something about those who do you and others wrong...getting what they deserve. Some call it the principle of karma...what goes around comes around, sowing and reaping, right wins out. And when it finally comes around...don't you feel so glad that justice has prevailed.... there is a certain amount of...pointing of the finger and saying..TAKE THAT!
Recently...the perpetrator of the 911 murders...where thousands of Americans lives were snuffed out with two large planes slammed into the Twin Towers back in 2001...was found in 2011...and shot and killed. Rejoicing began to go around the world in like the wave of a tsunami...with dancing in the streets. I joined...in...as "Ding Dong the witch is dead" was being sung.
The balance is found within Pro-Verbs...that Jesus would share in the Gospels...and what Paul would underscore in "The Love Chapter...I Corinthians 13". "Love...does not rejoice in iniquity, but rejoices in truth."
When we see some one fall...sin..make mistakes...stumble...we tend to want to shoot the wounded...but if we control our hearts...we could act accordingly.
"Brethren, if a man is overtaken in ANY trespass...you who are SSPIRITUAL...restore such a one in a SPIRIT OF GENTLENESS...considering yourself lest you also be tempted." (Galatians 6:1)
"Revenge may be sweet...but it can turn bitter quickly...so temper it with forgiveness." This does not mean that we deny...that people sow...people reap...people get what they deserve...but to rejoice and be glad as another soul falls...is not a reflection of Jesus on the cross...as he utters with his closing breaths..."Father...forgive them...for they do not know what they are doing."
Love and Forgiving Kisses
Rodney "Forgive Me Lord As I Have Forgiven Others" Boyd
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