Vengeance Is Mine

Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord A statement I'm sure we've all heard at one time Also a very tough one to deal with Vengeance is not ours according to the Bible It's left to faith It's left to the belief that the horrific crimes of others will be dealt with I, myself have a hard time with it I have no choice but to follow it Even if I don't agree with it I would like to believe that evil will be dealt with Or is currently being dealt with on some spiritual level I would feel better If I knew the outcome of the vengeance If I could see the result See the "check" being paid as it were I am having trouble not seeing murderers get what is coming to them I can live without killing them I can deal with them being locked up for life But I want something more than that........................... Say.......... Hard labor? Daily torture? Public caning? Castration? All of the above? Prison is no longer a viable deterrent for the horrific crimes that occur Every year we as a species seem to find new and more grisly ways to murder each other What will this year bring? What will be this year’s most shocking death? And who will bring it? The kids? They seem to be the latest thing in absolute shocking carnage Or maybe this will be the year of the female They have been lacking in the body count of 2009 Maybe this will be their year I wonder Do you even really care? Thou shalt not kill It seems that statement has fallen upon deaf ears for quite a long time You know............. If we as a people didn't have religion Evil wouldn't stand a chance The sense of right and wrong Would destroy the evil of man without a thought If you knew you could destroy an evil person and not pay religious consequences would you? Of course you would As most of us would There is no remorse for doing good deeds And taking vengeance upon evil Is noble and just But the rules of religion say we must not The rules say we must rise above it And trust it will be dealt with Keeping the faith it will be done To try and hold this commitment Is in itself God like Which is why most of us fail And fail miserably We want vengeance We want their death We want them to feel our pain Our suffering Our loss Our sorrow Our anger Our hatred Vengeance is mine sayeth the Lord And it is because of this statement That we have faith Eric (and sometimes not)