It’s OK to be angry
Ephesians 4:26 Be
angry, and yet do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger( NASB)
This just happened to be the verse I opened my Bible up to
today with the “Through the Bible with Les Feldick” Bible Study I’ve been
working through for over a year both on TV and during my morning quiet time with the pamphlet transcriptions
his ministry publishes, along with both the King James version and the New American Standard Version of the Bible. This was one of those mornings when God reached down to
me and spoke to me personally, as I read the same comments that Les spoke regarding this verse on his program, which was actually taped in 1999, I believe.
My family has been going through a great deal of stress since my 91 year old mother had surgery for an arterial bleed in her brain on July 8, 2012. We have all been quite touchy and have lost our temper at times. The terrible heat of summer hasn't helped any, either. So reading this was exactly what I needed to see this morning
My family has been going through a great deal of stress since my 91 year old mother had surgery for an arterial bleed in her brain on July 8, 2012. We have all been quite touchy and have lost our temper at times. The terrible heat of summer hasn't helped any, either. So reading this was exactly what I needed to see this morning
Be angry (that’s one of the human parts of our nature), and we’re going
to get angry occasionally, but we don’t have to lose control of our anger. So
the admonition is to be angry and sin not. Don’t let it become something of your
nature that is uncontrollable. I personally don’t think that a believer can
have uncontrollable temper tantrums . Now we can all get angry, but we
centainly can and should control it. So if there’s something that basically
wrong with a person, then I have to wonder if God had done a work of
redemption. We have this certain amount of freedom that we can be upset by
things, but not to the place that it becomes sinful or that it has an effect on
our family and loved ones, and co-workers. And for goodness sake, if you want
to keep your health then don’t take it to bed with you.
There’s nothing that will ruin your health quicker than to have these
bugs literally churn in your stomach with anger. You can get mean ulcers for
being upset often. So always remember it’s OK to be angry.
Check out Through the
Bible with Les Feldick on the ION
channel on TV Mon –Fri 9:00 – 9:30 AM EST
or go to his website. If you don’t read the bible regularly this will help get
you started regardless of what church you attend, protestant or catholic.
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