“Woe to those who scheme iniquity, who work out evil on their beds! When morning comes, they do it, for it is in the power of their hands.”  (Micah 2:1)

There have been times when I was hurt and angry and I thought impulsively about how I would like to harm the person who did me wrong.  After a good night’s sleep, I realized I would do no such thing and either dropped the matter or dealt with the conflict in a healthy way.  There is a kind of evil that is premeditated – an evil that takes on clear, rehearsed plans and specifics and is carried out after much meditation.  This is why resentment is so dangerous.  It takes what begins as a hurt (possibly deserved) and replays it until it becomes the murder of innocent Abel.  We cannot afford the luxury of resentment.  It will take us into evil depths we must not enter.