Have you ever been so angry, you feel like smashing your cell phone or a glass on the wall? I have.. I get so angry sometimes i feel like the only possible release i can get is to break something.. But i never do... One day i think i will... I want to know how i'll feel afterwards, you know just like we see in the movies.
Anger is a terrible emotion. Anger has shed blood, caused lifetime strifes, taken nations to war, lost love, jobs and family relationships.. Anger has lost progress and success.. Anger is the enemy. It may be the enemy but its inevitable.. Sometimes justified, other times irrational; whatever the case may be you have to control what you do with the anger, if not the consequences may be damning.
Scripture says "be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger Ephesians 4:26".. Hmm... How does one accomplish that feat? How do we know when to draw the line on anger when your tongue might run ahead of your head and say things which hurt and which you'll later regret ? How do you control the wrong thoughts that go through your head when you're angry? I don't know... At least lets be thankful that "getting angry itself is not a sin".. What is a sin is the product of anger..
Let me take you back to one significant consequence of anger...
- Cain killed Abel-... Genesis 4:4-8.. Cain was angry with God for rejecting his offering and accepting that of his brother! Can someone please tell me why Cain killed Abel since it wasn't Abel who rejected his gift??! Wait.. .He killed Abel out of jealousy! That has to be the only rational explanation.. Jealousy, a passion consuming often times unjustifiable emotion. See what it can cause?! Eternally damning consequences as God cursed Cain to remain a wanderer of the earth. I kinda felt that was a very harsh punishment but hey who are we to question God? And besides Cain was lucky not to have been struck dead instantly for such a heinous crime..
Often times after getting angry and causing hurt we start to feel remorseful and wish we could take it all back.. Sometimes we go a step further to apologize and sometimes we refuse to concede to humility to apologize.. We swallow our humility and rather give into self justification that we are or were right in the circumstance... Judge for yourself which is better, to live with humility or pride?
I leave us with one thought... Get angry, smash a glass, break the table, but as you do all this remember one person.....Cain.....Do not sin.
But if you do sin, God will probably not curse you to be a wanderer, but you've certainly unwoven one thread of righteousness (James 1:20)from the yarn which he is spinning into your life... However we thank Him for his mercy, grace and forgiveness available to ONLY repentant souls..
Food for thought...
Tuyo por siempre,
Chinny
Anger is a terrible emotion. Anger has shed blood, caused lifetime strifes, taken nations to war, lost love, jobs and family relationships.. Anger has lost progress and success.. Anger is the enemy. It may be the enemy but its inevitable.. Sometimes justified, other times irrational; whatever the case may be you have to control what you do with the anger, if not the consequences may be damning.
Scripture says "be angry and do not sin, do not let the sun go down on your anger Ephesians 4:26".. Hmm... How does one accomplish that feat? How do we know when to draw the line on anger when your tongue might run ahead of your head and say things which hurt and which you'll later regret ? How do you control the wrong thoughts that go through your head when you're angry? I don't know... At least lets be thankful that "getting angry itself is not a sin".. What is a sin is the product of anger..
Let me take you back to one significant consequence of anger...
- Cain killed Abel-... Genesis 4:4-8.. Cain was angry with God for rejecting his offering and accepting that of his brother! Can someone please tell me why Cain killed Abel since it wasn't Abel who rejected his gift??! Wait.. .He killed Abel out of jealousy! That has to be the only rational explanation.. Jealousy, a passion consuming often times unjustifiable emotion. See what it can cause?! Eternally damning consequences as God cursed Cain to remain a wanderer of the earth. I kinda felt that was a very harsh punishment but hey who are we to question God? And besides Cain was lucky not to have been struck dead instantly for such a heinous crime..
Often times after getting angry and causing hurt we start to feel remorseful and wish we could take it all back.. Sometimes we go a step further to apologize and sometimes we refuse to concede to humility to apologize.. We swallow our humility and rather give into self justification that we are or were right in the circumstance... Judge for yourself which is better, to live with humility or pride?
I leave us with one thought... Get angry, smash a glass, break the table, but as you do all this remember one person.....Cain.....Do not sin.
But if you do sin, God will probably not curse you to be a wanderer, but you've certainly unwoven one thread of righteousness (James 1:20)from the yarn which he is spinning into your life... However we thank Him for his mercy, grace and forgiveness available to ONLY repentant souls..
Food for thought...
Tuyo por siempre,
Chinny
Hmm my dear anger is really bad. I am trying not to do or say anything drastic when I am angry, cos things you say, you can never take it back. working on it though, cos right now I am so angry...loll
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