06/27/2026
The Best Revenge Is None. Heal and Move On. There is something in us that wants justice. When someone has wounded you deeply, betrayed your trust, spoken against you, walked out, let you down, or deliberately tried to destroy something you built… every human instinct rises up and wants the situation dealt with. Wants them to see what they caused. Wants the scales to balance in a way that makes sense. That feeling is not necessarily evil, but it is human. The problem is what happens when you let it drive.
Unforgiveness is one of the most wide-open doors in the spirit. It does not punish the person who hurt you, it gives legal access to the enemy in your own life. Every day you spend rehearsing what happened, replaying offense, nursing the wound is a day your healing is stalled and your destiny is delayed. The person who hurt you has already moved on. The only person still locked in that moment is you.
Hebrews 12:15 says, “See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled.” A root of bitterness does not stay contained. It spreads. It poisons your prayer life, your relationships, your ability to trust, your ability to receive love, and your ability to hear God clearly. You cannot flow in a pure prophetic river while a bitter root is contaminating the water. The two cannot coexist.
Healing is not letting them off the hook. Healing is taking yourself off of it. It is the decision to stop allowing what happened to have authority over where you are going. It is handing the offense to God, trusting Him to be the righteous judge He has always been, and refusing to waste another season of your life waiting for a justice that was never yours to deliver. Romans 12:19 says, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” He sees it. He knows it. He has not missed a single detail of the entire situation. Your job is not to make them pay. Your job is to heal.
The most powerful thing you can do is to show up whole, healed, and walking fully in everything God promised you. Not to prove a point, but rather simply because you refused to let a chapter become the end of your story. Heal completely, move forward intentionally, and let God handle everything and everyone you left behind.
Natalie Breckenridge 🤎