You may seek revenge but I ask you– do you want to win the battle or do you want to win the war? If someone does wrong to us or our family, the first thing we think is “I’m going to get them”. So now I ask you this.. What are you trying to prove?
Is it:
— you are not going to mess with me or mine?
— your pride?
— that you are so hurt and disappointed that you can only see red?
— your true belief that the person should pay for their action?

I can tell you my experience is that if someone wronged me and was not remorseful I would try to get them back as fast and as good and hard as I could get them. As I got older I started to see that when I sought revenge something most likely went wrong– they did not always get the full effect of the wrath. When it went right and I got that person really good, I was excited and filled with joy until I discovered that my soul was feeling some kind of way once the excitement wore off. I also learned during the times that I just let things go, stuff started to go wrong for the other person without my help or decline of my soul. It was then that it started to hit me that revenge is not mine and if I waited and was patient enough God handled things the way they needed to handled and at the right moment and time.

This does not mean that you become a pushover. If you need to distance yourself from someone that wronged you then do so. What I’m saying is that whether you believe in God or Karma they are a bitch when they start to work on people with bad behavior and you do not have to do anything but be patient and wait. It may seem like they are winning but in the end, in due time and at the right moment everything falls into place. You do not have to wish bad on anyone or even think it– just be patient. There is a higher power that knows and sees everything.

If I switch it around on YOU, could some of your troubles be due to the wrong that you have caused others some time ago? After all, no one is perfect and everyone has a past. We weren’t always on the right path or followed the rules– just a thought.

If you want to win the battle then do as you please but if you want to win the war just get on your knees.

As always, the choice is yours.

Jamillah Foulkes~Empower U