Should You Send the Glitter?

This is a cell. As in ribosomes, and mitochondria, and my favorite ... endoplasmic reticulum.Not just any cell.  A Willy Wonka cell.  Piper's taking 9th grade biology. And for a very special project, she needed to come up with a creative way of depicting a cell.  Let me take you a little closer.This may look like a chocolate river to you. But there it is! Endoplasmic reticulum! And what's that at the end of that multi-colored pathway? Is it a sparkly new TARDIS? An elevator made out of dominoes and covered in glitter? No! It'really cilia and flagella, those cellular bodies responsible for moving stuff around the cell.  Get it?But let's go back to the glitter.  I was good with Piper buying mounds of candy. I was okay with her using the hot glue gun. I even let her ruin counting squares and dominoes for her project. But the glitter just about put me over the edge.  Who invented the stuff? And how did it get in my house? And why, oh, why have I not gotten rid of the glitter before now?And apparently I'm not the only one who feels a bit bitter toward glitter.There is actually a business, my friend, that will send a glitter bomb to your enemies. For under $10 they will fill a nondescript envelope to the brim with glitter and deliver it right to your enemy's mailbox. Your enemy will carry this cute envelope into her kitchen and be a bit excited. Because how often do you get a real letter?  And then, my friend, she will tear open the envelope and glitter will fly everywhere filling every nook and cranny of her home for days.Sounds kind of cute, right?  Kind of funny?But here's my advice.  Don't send the glitter.It might seem satisfying in the moment. But in the long run, it will leave you feeling pretty empty, pretty awful, pretty bitter.  Leave it to God and don't send the glitter.

Do not take revenge, my dear friends, but leave room for God’s wrath, for it is written: “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”says the Lord. On the contrary:

“If your enemy is hungry, feed him;    if he is thirsty, give him something to drink.In doing this, you will heap burning coals on his head.”

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. Romans 12:19-21.