One time a young man came to me to confess something he had
done. His friend had mistreated the
young man’s girlfriend, and it made the young man so angry he punched and
kicked his friend until he had no energy left.
“And you feel bad about that today?” I asked him.
“I do,” he
said. “There was probably a way I
could’ve made my point without letting it get that far.”
The young
man was onto something. Retribution—the
kind David wanted against the rich man—gives us the allusion of righting a past
wrong. Rectifying an injustice done to
us. But the next morning, we realize
that nothing has changed. Only
compassion can open the door to a new future.
Only compassion, like the compassion God shows David, can create
something new. Enjoy!
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