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You Can Afford to Wait for Justice!

Software engineer rams a plane into a Federal building because of his anger at governmental policies and the IRS. Professor kills three other professors because she was not granted tenure. Man kills police officers vowing that he will never again go to prison and blaming the government for his treatment.

These stories are coming in rapid succession. I ask myself why are we seeing these situations playing out over and over again. I think I have a simple, but not a simplistic, answer. If I agreed with W.E. Henley* in Invictus that “I am the master of my fate I am the captain of my soul,” I may be driven to take matters in my own hand and settle my grievances as I see fit.

I’ve chosen a different way to look at real or even perceived injustices. I’m practicing filtering life through the lens of God’s Word,the Bible. God states, “Vengeance is mine I will repay.” Does that mean I don’t recognize that sometimes things don’t seem or really are not fair? No! However with God's promise I can afford not to take matters into my own hands. I know that in God’s time the present situation will be rectified whether it’s in this life or the next.


Romans 12:17-19 from the Message Bible
17-19 Don't hit back; discover beauty in everyone. If you've got it in you, get along with everybody. Don't insist on getting even; that's not for you to do. "I'll do the judging," says God. "I'll take care of it."
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