Both Solomon and Jesus use financial language to describe broken relationships. Why do they do this? We don’t often think in these terms, but whenever someone hurts you, there’s a sense that they’ve taken something from you and so there’s a debt.
What are some things that have been taken from you?
- Maybe someone took away your trust and your dignity.
- Maybe someone took away your security and your self-esteem.
- Maybe someone took away your dreams and your best years.
So what do you do? Many of us walk around with a ledger sheet that details these debts. We look at people and say, You owe me. But here’s the problem. In many cases, they can’t pay you back anyway. How can someone pay you back for the damage that’s been done?
But we don’t care – we hold on to that debt. We try to collect on it. But here’s the problem with that approach: If you keep waiting to collect on the debt, your heart will only grow bitter.
