Letting Go of Revenge

The issue of forgiveness is central to Christianity. God wants us to forgive others as he did. But what exactly is involved in forgiveness?

First of all, forgiveness is letting go of revenge. God wants us to leave revenge to him. Listen to what the Bible says we should do instead, “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Heaping coals on his head is a figure of speech meaning that the person might end up feeling embarrassed and guilty because we’ve been so nice when they were so wrong. They might even end up changing for the better!

We have a choice about getting even – we don’t have to do it ourselves. When we are kind and forgive someone instead of seeking revenge, it shows we are able to let go and let God handle it.

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