I have a friend who recently accepted Jesus as his savior. The other day he went to a shopping mall where it was difficult to find parking. He waited patiently for a car to back out. But before he could turn in, another car swerved in and took the lot. He immediately got down to tell the driver that he had been waiting for the lot. That lady was rude and said,"So ...". I guess what she meant is the rule of the jungle applies. He controlled himself and breathed deeply a few times. He figured there was no use arguing with someone like that.
Had it been a month ago, he would have waited for the inconsiderate woman to leave and then walked around the car giving it a nice long scratch all the way. This time he just sat there for a while, whispered a prayer for God to take his anger away. He asked God to deal with the woman His way and left things at that.
Of course he is no angel. But as it is there is a drastic change. It was not him who could walk away without paying back in kind. It was God's conviction in his heart that caused a change in behavior.
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