Burning Coals
Instead, “If your enemies are hungry, feed them. If they are thirsty, give them something to drink. In doing this, you will heap burning coals of shame on their heads.” Romans 12:20 NLT http://bible.com/116/rom.12.20.NLT Your worst enemy sitting across from you bound up in a chair screaming profanities at you, reminding you of all the hurt they have caused you. No remorse, just vulgar nasty sneers towards you while you listen to the most demonic voice you have ever heard. Their lies spit from between their teeth reaching your skin like acid and their eyes forbid rest from their hateful stare. You are free to move anywhere in the room and yet your enemy seems to fill it with their dark presence. There is little comfort in that they are bound, and you are free. The room still feels too small and the door is far too heavy to open. The windows that are meant to bar in the rightful prisoner seem to have you both trapped in and the air is hot and almost like poison to the lungs, thick and s