"Human anger does not produce the righteousness God desires" (James 1:20)
Anger is one of the seven major sins. In
our daily life, we often don't realize it. We get angry when something is not
going the way we want. Sometimes small problems become a great problem because
of our anger. Where does all this anger actually come from - if not from
ourselves? Anger arises because we want the other person to be perfect
according to our will, according to our standards. Why we want others to follow
our standards if we realize that all humans are unique?
Some people in this part of the world may
resemble but they will never be the same. Likewise behaviors, words and actions
of other people are not always the same as what we expect. Never expect others
to behave the way we want. We ought to first reflect within ourselves. Am I perfect in their eyes? When we realize that we are all the same,
then we will behave well without anger.
On Calvary , Jesus was never angry. He
never cursed those who crucified Him.
Instead of getting angry, He prayed for them. As His followers, we are
also invited to practice praying for people who make us angry. Pray for
ourselves too, that have caused others to be angry with us. We need to learn a
lot from Jesus.
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