Aristotle says that “Anybody can become angry — that is easy, but to be angry
with the right person and to the right degree and at the right time and for the
right purpose, and in the right way — that is not within everybody's power and
is not easy.” For me that statement is
right, we can find anyone around us who to easy become angry and feel free to
express their anger to the other people….. and the worst thing is they do it
without feeling any guilt. I have an
article about “the most typical response” when we are feeling angry:
1. Find
someone to blame
2. Express
our anger to someone else
3. Become
silent and withhold our affection from the people around us
4. Sulk
or pout
5. Find
some distractions (work, busyness, shopping,
television, or anything else)
6. Get
revenge ( make someone to pay)
7. Tell
ourselves we can live without anger (it doesn't matter)
8. Express
our anger to God
So which one “the most typical response”
that you prefer or usually you did it when you are
feeling angry????
Now, let’s find what does the bible say about anger?? Is that sin?? Is that wrong?? Or is that abnormal??
Let’s read one
of the 310 verses in the Bible that says about anger or rage, our passage in Psalm 4:4.
“NIV Psalm 4:4 In your anger do not sin; when you are on
your beds, search your hearts and be silent. Selah”
ESV Psalm 4:4 Be angry,1 and do not sin; ponder in your own
hearts on your beds, and be silent.
NAB Psalm 4:5 1 Tremble
and do not sin; upon your beds ponder in silence.
NAU Psalm 4:4 1aTremble, 2band do not sin; 3cMeditate
in your heart upon your bed, and be still.
NKJ Psalm 4:4 Be angry, and do not sin. Meditate within your heart on
your bed, and be still.
NET Psalm 4:4 Tremble with
fear and do not sin!13 Meditate as you lie in bed, and repent of
your ways!14
NRS Psalm 4:4 When you are disturbed,1 do not sin; ponder
it on your beds, and be silent.
NLT Psalm 4:4 Don't sin by letting anger control you. Think about it
overnight and remain silent
Base on our passage we found three basic principles about
anger:
First, the passage does
not say that we cannot or should not angry but “In your anger do not sin”. In NLT (New Living Translation) says that “Don't sin by letting anger control
you”. Angry it is not a sin, anger
is one of a variety of human expression that God has given to us.
Second, when you feeling
angry search your heart, ponder in your own heart, think about it overnight or
meditate within your heart on your bed.
Third, be silent. When we are feeling angry, easy for us to
talk without thinking, we able to hurt anyone with our words and some day it
will make us regret. In Proverbs 16:32 says “Better a patient person than a
warrior, those with self-control than those who take a city”.
I’m really proud of my husband, he is a man who always inspire me, for me
he is a strong man, it does not because he has big body or he has big mussels
but it because he always able to controls himself, controls his emotion
especially when he is feeling angry.
Talk to God
openly about your feeling, may the Holy Spirit helps us to control our anger
and be wise if something or someone making us angry. God bless u… :) :)
