Sudden Anger...

Have you ever been driving down the road and someone pulls in front of you and cuts you off? Our reactions are often a great example of sudden anger! Anything that will get you splitting mad in a split second... that's sudden anger.

Proverbs 12:16 tells us that a fool shows his annoyance at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.

There's this unofficial law in life - Murphy's law. It suggests that whatever can go wrong, will go wrong, at the worst time! When we are late for a deadline and our printer fails, the stationary shop that is always open is closed, the clothes that we need have not been ironed, our relationships are going well and then we are betrayed, we work hard for our raise and it goes to someone else, we dedicate time and effort into planning and organising an event and half the guests don’t pitch, walking home from the shops a packet of food drops and spills in the middle of the road... you get what I'm saying?

Anger - Loving or Not Loving??

Anger is a heightened emotion that leads us act against someone or something. It can either be a right action, or a wrong action. I think the defining quality in our actions must be love. Are we acting out of love or not?

I think there are two main ways in which we can get angry and still love...

When we get angry because of injustice, we need to respond in a way that restores relationship and show GOD's love. Our actions need to remind others of GOD's promises and purposes for His people. We need to encourage them and show them His love.


Anger is also a necessary step in dealing with grief or trauma, if the heightened emotion leads us to growth and renewal, then our anger has been righteous! I believe that if we are led to stand up for GOD AND encourage others, then we are learning more about how Jesus lived.