RETURN IS BETTER THAN REVENGE

They never made this movie. They changed the title to Return of the Jedi. I never read or heard why. I'm glad they did.

We hear enough about revenge in the world today anyway(s). And revenge is so temporary even if we feel we have achieved it. If we are honest with ourselves, we know we never achieved it. It doesn't work that way.

This year, the World Champion St. Louis Cardinals (I love that sound) went to Detroit to play the American League Champs in an inter-league series. The Cardinals beat the favored Tigers 4 games to 1 in the 2006 World Series, so journalists and announcers were talking about the revenge factor in the series. The Tigers swept all three games. But you know what? They didn't win the 2007 World Series by doing it. And even if both teams make it to the World Series again this season, it wouldn't be revenge for the Tigers to win it. God made it that way. He's the only one to enact revenge, and He can do it right.

For us to try is a natural human reaction. For us to forgive and move on is not. Lots of things that aren't easy are worth it. Let's try to please the Father and leave revenge up to Him.