"Revenge always comes from the weakness of the soul, which is not capable of bearing the insults." (Francisco de La Rochefoucauld)
Even before Moses revenge was a marked characteristic, it was the way to solve personal problems. "Certainly require your blood, the blood of your lives, of every animal I will require, as well as of man, yes, from the hand of the brother of each one I will require the life of man" (Genesis 9: 5). All of the clan were considered of the same blood, so it was responsible for the revenge closest to the victim. The Mosaic penal code authorized the execution of the murderer as a form of revenge. "That law prevailed until David" And behold, the whole family rose up against your maidservant, saying: "Give us the one who killed his brother, so that we could kill him for the life of his brother, whom he killed, so that he also exterminated the heir. So erase the embers I had left, so as not to leave my husband or name, or remnant on earth. "(II Samuel 14: 7) and it happened: Revenge lost its meaning as a form of law.
It was noted that revenge was more harmful than constructive. But the human heart never forgot this law. As if it were a silent law within itself. Whoever wants revenge wants the other to go through the same feeling he felt, and the attempt to stop using the same act again.
What we can see today is that people are so hurt with their own lives, with the other that fills the heart with hatred and anguish and wants what the other has, has no mercy or self and much less another. Violence has become banal in our day. They kill each other without any fear of offending, leaving orphans, parents crying. They just want to be arbitrary. Justice in turn lost control over public violence. The parents about the violence of the children. The sense of what is violence was lost and mixed with revenge.
At work the revenge has grown a lot, any act that displeases the other is punished by the loss of employment by well-worn gossip, husbands who hold the family to avenge something that he heard that would have taken place and does not even know if it is true or not. He only wants to be free of the problem to avenge the discourse, and always with violence.
We can not forget that vengeance does not belong to us anymore, "Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but to the wrath of God, for it is written, 'It is vengeance, I will repay, says the Lord'" (Romans 12:19). . We lost the ability to believe in the other and in God. As if He does not see what is happening, it's just that we do not give place so He can defend us. We want to solve ourselves, after leaving for tomorrow is not of our generation.
See King Solomon's advice: "Do not say: he will avenge me of evil, wait for the Lord and he will deliver you" (Proverbs 20:22).
We must resist the desire to avenge, and learn to love our enemies, love the friend is an easy feeling, love the enemy is another situation. But it is at this time that we demonstrate the heart we have. Love your neighbor as if it were to myself, even if this next one wants to destroy me. But it will not happen if my heart is not linked to revenge, but in Christ Jesus who is the author of life and love. He alone was able to love the world in such a way that he died for us, even though he was not guilty of the accusations.
Do not let your heart rejoice when it sees your enemy fail. "When your enemy falls, do not rejoice, and when he stumbles, your heart does not rejoice, so that the Lord will not see him, and that is evil in his eyes, and will turn him away from him, his wrath. the evildoers, neither be jealous of the wicked, for the evil one has no future, and the lamp of the wicked will be put out, my son, fear the Lord, and the king, and do not interfere with those who like change. Proverbs 24: 17-21)
Let's keep our hearts from such madness, revenge generates violence and violence only leads to more violence. It does not have an end. Because of that, we are living more difficult days than another. We move away from God, it is as if He stayed in the past, we no longer believe in a creator and defender. We want to resolve ourselves that which does not belong to us. What authority has been delegated, does not matter to us. We do not believe in anything else, only in our diseased and disoriented minds.
Jesus is waiting for us to make a decision for Him. Let us look to the heavens and ask for help. This is the prayer we must pray every day: "Lift up my eyes to the mountains, where does relief come from? My help comes from the Lord, who made the heavens and the earth, He will not let your foot falter, He who keeps you he will not slumber (co-carry) The Lord is the one who guards you, the Lord is your shadow on your right hand The Lord will keep you from all evil, he will keep your life The Lord will keep your way out and your entrance, from now and forever . "(Psalm 121)
