Montoya had spent his whole life seeking revenge against the murderer of his father. He had rehearsed in his mind again and again the moment when he would have his revenge. He had trained and practiced his sword fighting so that he would be ready when he found the evil 6-fingered man. You killed my father.
At the beginning of the movie he shares how he had not found the 6-fingered man and had begun to lose hope he would ever be able to exact his revenge. Get ready for the unexpected with a disaster go-bag, an essential tool for emergency preparedness. Religion Today: The Consequence Remains. Of course, this is a fictional movie but I would submit that many of us are not much different than Inigo Montoya.
We may have rehearsed a moment of sweet revenge in our minds. There seem to be so many people who are injured by past events and have their lives impacted in their present and future. Now I would be quick to say that if you were wronged in a situation where laws have been broken, you certainly need to take the appropriate action to have the authorities stop the perpetrator from hurting others.
However, no matter what the situation, the bible does not really give us ground to stand on for when it comes to withholding forgiveness. When we sow the seeds of unforgiveness the crop that sprouts up can be a heart filled with hatred and violence.
We are offended and allow that anger and unforgiveness to fester to the point where it explodes. We regularly see people who are responding to category 3 stimulus with a category 10 response.
