Fluffy Vengeance

When my uncle was a little boy, he once got in trouble for spitting on his siblings. After his punishment, he retreated to the corner of a room. He sulked while in this corner. When my grandmother checked on him, she asked, “What are you doing here?”

His response?

“I’m making more spit!”

It’s one of those humorous family tales, but it makes a point about getting our way, sulking and vengeance. How many of us act out in our lives? Are we pouting, sulking or even taking revenge on a situation that we have no business messing with in the first place?

“Vengeance is Mine… I will repay”
Romans 12:19-20


What’s driving us? What are we trying to prove? In trying to exert ourselves, through unhealthy, destructive behaviors, in trying to get someone back, we look just as ridiculous as these baby animals, both named Fluffy, here.

It’s just fluffy vengeance. And is that the best use of our time and lives? If there’s an issue going on in our lives, there are other alternatives to revenge and sulking: let God deal with it and “clean up our side of the street.” We have that responsibility for our choices; we, however, do not control another’s response.

Harboring a revenge fantasy lately? Are you “making more spit?”

What if your best revenge is, in fact, your best lived life? Don’t you think God would honor that?

Don’t be Fluffy; be fantastic! Make another choice; Make a higher Choice! Let God be God!