Payback Time? - In A (very different) Pastor's Study, June 6, 2011"Payback Time!" You've probably seen a movie which makes use of that trite saying. And unless you're going through life as everyone's favorite doormat, you've felt like wanting to say that yourself more than once.
It's only natural. At some time in your life, someone is going to get you angry enough that you will want to see something happen to the person who made you angry. And you probably feel that you have every right to do so.
And, if you're of a spiritual path which believes in such things, you have a nice array of spiritual tools available to you to help you accomplish such a goal. I recall one time telling someone (honestly) that I found that I can do more with an altar than I ever could with a firearm.
So, what do you do? There is a joke that goes "If the Pope excommunicated like some High Priestesses banish, hell would have a housing shortage!" And what might you accomplish by such an effort. Do you think it would make an impression on the person whose attention you're trying to get? Does that person even understand that he or she did anything wrong?
Sometimes, with experience, you discover that something you did not consider might be the answer. Not giving up, but giving it to someone who is better equipped to handle the whole situation.
Let's think on this one for a while. It's an issue you've seen before and probably will see again.
Blessed Be!
