What comes to your mind in response to the following questions: Who has hurt you?  Who has offended you?  Who has lied about you?  Who has betrayed you?"   How quickly can you make a short list of people who have caused you pain?  And who were these people who hurt you?  Family members?  Your wife?  Your husband?  One of your parents?  Your children?  Or was it a person at work?  Or a friend from church? (perhaps better labeled "a former friend.)  How many friendships have been shattered because cruel words or actions left you feeling betrayed?

Hollywood makes blockbuster movies with a simple story line-the hero of the movie is hurt or is a victim of injustice, and throughout the movie seeks to be justified.  And then, toward the end of the movie, we cheer for the hero's revenge, "All right, go for it, that evil person deserves it!"

But how does God want us to respond to people who hurt us?  Whether that person is a family member or an enemy, how should we react?  Is this what God would want?

Don't just think about it.  Let 'em know what's on your mind!

Have you always wanted to tell someone something, but didn't know how to do it?  Well, this is the perfect site for you.  Read on. . .

ThePayback.com is your home for all of your revenge needs. So you never had a chance to get revenge on your ex-boyfriend or ex-girlfriend? Your current spouse lied to you when he said that he would never cheat on you?

Well, you know the saying "Don't get mad, get even".

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This is the opening paragraph of a web site called thepayback.com that really caught my attention.   This is not the way God would want us to handle the pain we cause one another in the midst of our relationships.  Be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, as God in Christ forgave you is what we are told to do in Ephesians 4:32.    God also instructs us in Matthew 5:44, But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you.    But maybe most importantly, God tells us very clearly in Romans 12:19, Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.”

The worldly response to someone hurting us is to get back at them; to seek revenge.  But God has a plan for us to love those that hurt us and work toward forgiveness and reconciliation.  Two wrongs have never made a right!  How are you going to respond the next time you get hurt?  GOD’S WAY or the world’s way?