Vengeance is mine saith the Lord. -- somewhere in the Bible
That always seemed harsh to me...mainly because I always pictured my idea of vengeance which was indeed harsh.
The big reveal is that God's vengeance is loving, can be naught but loving since God is pure love. The problem is our interpretation of what God's love looks like.
In coming to us, the need for vengeance appears as a terrible thing. It may come as, say, a perceived enemy (or, worse, friend) getting over on us...through a lie. Our ego-victory mind can and will own us if we go with our idea of vengeance.
If, however, we practice saying nothing, stilling our attack mind, and trusting that God has our back, we will keep our faith in a loving power far greater than our imagining. (Repeating "Thank you" helps here...a lot!) When we come out the other side, we find that terrible thing to be our gold...our pearl beyond price that we could not have received in any other way.
There. That's how the "worst" happening in our lives reveals itself finally as the "best" happening...through God's vengeance. If/when we realize that unto living it, we'll be free from fantasizing our taking vengeance on our perceived persecutors...ankle-biters each and every one, in fact, with ego-victories as our goal.
This is also known as breaking free of me...a lifetime job with benefits!
Thank you.
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