| | AngerI'm really fascinated with anger and how it can rear its ugly head.
How often does it disguise itself as pride? If we resent someone, we
sometimes do and say things to try to prove that we are "better" than
them. Our ego protects us, telling us that what the person might have
done wrong is so far beneath us.
Or how often does it disguise itself as concern? We have a false sense
of caring--that we want to "help" the person see the error of their
ways. But it's just a form of anger. We really don't care if the person
mends their ways--we just want revenge. We want God to exact His wrath.
Anger will even pull us towards self-righteousness--where we tell
ourselves that we must turn to the Lord. Instead, we're really
searching for validation of why a person is wrong. It's a form of
judgment--"I'm right because I have God, they're wrong because they
don't."
And how about jealousy? Anger and jealousy can whip someone into rage,
can't it? We can be jealous because someone is "getting away" with
something that makes us angry.
When we are angry at someone, we even gossip about them. If we say
malicious things about that person, it temporarily makes us feel better
about why we're angry.
We have to always question ourselves when we are angry. Why is it we're
REALLY angry? Why does this bother us, whereas it might not bother
someone else?
Anger is so real--we must stare at it in the face as well as be aware
of how it manifests in our life. If we don't acknowledge our anger, it
will consume us. It might come back with its many disguises, but the
more aware of it we are, the more we can dispel it from our hearts.
Besides, no one likes to be around angry people. They just suck the life out of you...
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| | Posted 6/19/2007 3:27 PM - 2 comments
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