Sometimes when we are hurt by another person, the urge to make that pain known and receive justice is so strong. I get it. You want to scream it to the world. I want you to know something...
Our Jesus, our Justice can convict hearts in ways we never can. Why? Because He created those hearts and knows the deep dark crevices that we don't know exist. He knows the WHY of the behavior and we only know the behavior. He knows where the pain originated which caused that person to hurt you. THAT is where true change happens. In the deep dark places that we don't even know exist in people and sometimes they don't either. You can't even touch that, so shake the dust from your feet and allow the One who CAN touch that to heal it. Freedom all around.
Fight the urge to be passive-aggressive about it. It makes you feel better in the moment but leads to you hoping they'll realize your thoughts are about them. They won't. And if they do they'll be offended by it anyway. So what made you feel better for a moment only serves to create more distance and possibly confusion.
Let Jesus be your justice. He already is. Live and love in that. It's the best kind of freedom! His justice isn't about punishment but about healing.
Go past the pain and surrender the need to be the one to cause change with thoughts that are worded in just the right way. Entrust that person to Jesus, even if they don't know Him. It's the sweetest kind of love. A sacrificial love because you're sacrificing the fleeting satisfied feeling that comes from finding your own justice.
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