"Woe to thee that spoilest, and thou wast not spoiled; and dealest treacherously, and they dealt not treacherously with thee! when thou shalt cease to spoil, thou shalt be spoiled; and when thou shalt make an end to deal treacherously, they shall deal treacherously with thee."
Isaiah 33:1
This is a good thing to remember. God tries to be gentle with us, and he cautions us to treat people as we would like to be treated. When we treat people as marks or objects of mockery, we risk the whole ideal of restoration turning against us. It can be a great blessing if we have been doing good, and a great curse if we have been doing evil. Let's remember that repentance and Christ's atonement and his forgiveness are the only things standing in the way of us paying for our own sins... and that is something that we could absolutely not handle. We need God, we need help, and we need other people. Let's accept the need humbly and learn how to do better in loving and serving others.
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