As this thought rolled around in my head today, I decided I would look these words up...according to dictionary.com:
Righteous-morally right or justifiable; acting in a upright, moral way; virtuous
Indignation-strong displeasure at some thing considered unjust, offensive, insulting, or base; righteous anger
I was offended today....I was on the phone with someone, but as she was hanging up the phone she mocked me to whom ever else was in the room with her. She loudly repeated some thing some thing I had said with a sarcastic tone.
I have rehearsed in my mind exactly what I would say to her the next time I saw her, multiple times in fact..it went like this...
"I have never treated you with disrespect, so next time you want to mock me, at least make sure that you have hung the phone all the way up first."
I was proud of my witty come back...I was right, I told myself, to call her on her rudeness. This train of thought continued most of the day.
Then, as I was driving home, a small whisper began...and I knew...I would not utter my witty comment...
After all, in times past that I have sliced back with my well thought out words, what has the result been? It was never what I wanted or intended. No one has ever looked thoughtfully at me and said, "You know, Alisa, you are right...I am so sorry I offended you. Our relationship will be so much better now that you told me that!"
Nope, not once...
So tonight I will ponder the truth of God's Word:
"Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult." Proverbs 12:16
