Proverbs 24:17-18: "Don't rejoice when your enemies fall; don't be happy when they stumble. For the LORD will be displeased with you and will turn his anger away from them."
Ouch! How often do we get pleasure from hearing that someone we don't like isn't doing well? Like they finally got what was coming to them. HA! In their faces! I'm so guilty here! I rationalize it by convincing myself that I didn't hurt them so it's okay for me to take a little pleasure from someone else's misfortune.
But it's wrong. It's not okay to be happy over another's hardship, even if we don't like them.
Ooooooooo that's a tough one. Guilty, guilty, guilty. Currently working on this one:o)
1 comment:
I love the Word. Even when it hurts, it's like the most gentlest of correction. Because even though It does criticize us, the Word does not condemn us.
Love you, Patti.
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