Someone wrote about his troubles regarding anger towards the person who recently stabbed two Illinois girls to death.
There is a righteous anger. When the people of God hear or see something that is an affront to God it is difficult not to become angry. Jesus was angry when he saw the money changers defiling the temple with their trade. He acted. That you get angry at the person who killed the girls is a natural response of the soul. The challenge isn’t to avoid being angry but to channel that anger into an activity that will bring about a positive change. Examples are: the mothers who got together and started MADD, Mothers Against Drunk Drivers, another example the people who got together and brought forth the Amber Alert system. There are many positive things that were brought forth because of anger.
What needs to change is not the anger in the soul but the hate in the spirit (heart). If you do not hate, that is good. Channel the anger and bring something good from it. Do not let your anger burn from day to day.
Be angry and sin not.
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