ANGER!
So, hmmm how to start this. I have decided to do something new with my allotted space on this wonderful wide world of web! I hope that it may be appealing to some, helpful to others, and a point to ponder for all. This is my first try at this, so cut me some slack, and expect each and every entry to get better as I go along! Thanks to all who take the time out of their busy schedules to read this, and even more time to ponder it's worth.
*:. ANGER .:*
Dearly Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in doing so thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:19-21
--------- So I am safe to say that I have been dealing with a lot of anger lately. Anger towards friends that speak their minds too often, anger at myself for doing things that I shouldn't and even not doing the things that I should. I have been angry at parents and teachers, classmates and even strangers. I guess I have forgotten that in due time my anger will not matter, and that it is the wrath of God that these people must deal with. I have spent so much time being angry with people that I have not seen how many times I have been happy. There is a quote by William Shakespeare that reads "Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself." Let me tell you, I have a lot of burn marks to show for that! My arms are singed with the anger of myself, and I am trying to get over it. I think that through these verses I have come to the conclusion that although anger is an emotion expressed nearly everyday through every person, my anger would be better served through God. I need to put my trust into his hands, that the people who wrong me will either 1- ask our Heavenly Father for forgiveness for which they will be granted or 2- they will be judged and punished by God himself on thier judgement day. Their problems with me (or my problems with myself for that matter) are trivial in the greater aspect which is eternal life, and something that I should not dwell on, anger on instinct though a sin is natural, prolonged anger is unacceptable, yet still forgiven by God. Thanks for that :D ----------------------------------------
*:.PRAYER.:*
Dear God~
Sometimes I get angry so easily. Things go wrong, people don't act the way I want them to, someone's words rub me the wrong way. Help me, Father, to control my anger, to keep it from spilling out, hurting those around me. Remind me that usually, when it comes right down to it, I am angry simply because I can't have my own way. Give me the strenght to accept whatever you send into my life. AMEN!
*:. ANGER .:*
Dearly Beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord
Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in doing so thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head.
Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Romans 12:19-21
--------- So I am safe to say that I have been dealing with a lot of anger lately. Anger towards friends that speak their minds too often, anger at myself for doing things that I shouldn't and even not doing the things that I should. I have been angry at parents and teachers, classmates and even strangers. I guess I have forgotten that in due time my anger will not matter, and that it is the wrath of God that these people must deal with. I have spent so much time being angry with people that I have not seen how many times I have been happy. There is a quote by William Shakespeare that reads "Heat not a furnace for your foe so hot that it do singe yourself." Let me tell you, I have a lot of burn marks to show for that! My arms are singed with the anger of myself, and I am trying to get over it. I think that through these verses I have come to the conclusion that although anger is an emotion expressed nearly everyday through every person, my anger would be better served through God. I need to put my trust into his hands, that the people who wrong me will either 1- ask our Heavenly Father for forgiveness for which they will be granted or 2- they will be judged and punished by God himself on thier judgement day. Their problems with me (or my problems with myself for that matter) are trivial in the greater aspect which is eternal life, and something that I should not dwell on, anger on instinct though a sin is natural, prolonged anger is unacceptable, yet still forgiven by God. Thanks for that :D ----------------------------------------
*:.PRAYER.:*
Dear God~
Sometimes I get angry so easily. Things go wrong, people don't act the way I want them to, someone's words rub me the wrong way. Help me, Father, to control my anger, to keep it from spilling out, hurting those around me. Remind me that usually, when it comes right down to it, I am angry simply because I can't have my own way. Give me the strenght to accept whatever you send into my life. AMEN!