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February 14, 2011 By Debra Irene Leave a Comment

14 Feb

When I think about anger, initially I think of an emotion with a bad connotation.  I don’t believe I experienced this real emotion until I was in my 30’s and a mother.  Up to that point, I had never felt that sense of boiling begin inside your belly and eventually welling up all the way into your head.  Know what I mean?  Been there?  Surely, this was a bad thing, so I thought.  But was it or is it always?

Through listening to various teachers and speakers over the years, I have learned that anger isn’t all bad.  One person said, “Anger can be love’s clearest voice.”  And I have learned in recent years that anger can move mountains.  And if they’re ones that need to be moved, perhaps this is anger directed appropriately.

I have a very long fuse but have discovered that once that fuse is gone, an explosion awaits on the end.  Now, for many people, the explosion I have would be nothing more than annoying.  I tend to raise my voice a bit which gets a little screechy, and repeat myself as many times as necessary until I feel the individual understands my point.  Notice I say “when I feel” – not when they actually do.  Well, this is what I did last week.  And I don’t believe that I moved any mountains, at least not yet.  I simply tried to get my point across.  So just suppose that my little burst of anger will eventually cause a certain situation or process to change – a mountain – will I then be justified?  For now, bursting into someone’s office with others present in an attempt to make my point, barely falling short of uttering a four-letter word –  well, perhaps I am still learning (as Pastor Ray would say) to walk like the child of God that I am.  So I will get up and try again.

In your anger do not sin; when you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent.  Psalm 4:4

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