Anger
Ok, ok…I’ll admit it. I can throw quite a temper tantrum when I’m angry. Being upset about something often leads me, like most other people in the world I’d imagine, to say things I don’t mean and do things I wouldn’t normally do. One time, when mad at my boyfriend, I whipped a plastic cup across the room. Not at him…but haha, come on, Allison, grow up!
Even Jesus threw a temper tantrum or two in his day, though–remember that time he threw over the tables of the money collectors in the temple? Simple put, anger is a normal human emotion, and yes, you have to learn to deal with it in a healthy way, but it doesn’t need to be avoided in your life complete. If you’re angry, be angry!
Anger only becomes sin when we are selfishly anger or when we allow anger to linger in our hearts. “Don’t sin by letting anger gain control over you. Don’t let the sun go down while you are still angry, for anger gives a mighty foothold to the Devil.” Ephesians 26-27.
For advice about stopping unhealthy and sinful anger, read Neel’s post here.
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