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May 31, 2013
May 31, 2013
"Refuse to Stay Angry"
Scripture Reading:
Ecclesiastes 7:9 (HCSBO)
Don't let your spirit rush to be angry, for anger abides in the heart of
fools.
Devotion &
Meditation:
One day an eagle swooped down and caught up a weasel. As the big bird flew away, its wings suddenly went limp, and it dropped to the ground like a brick. With just one blow, the tiny weasel struck the eagle's heart and killed it. Bitterness will do the same thing to you! We all get angry at times, but Solomon says only a fool allows it to move in and take up residence. Hatred begins like the crack in my windshield. Thanks to a the beet truck on a Montana gravel road, my window was chipped. With time, the nick became a crack and the crack a winding tributary. For a time, I could not drive my car without thinking about the jerk that drove too fast. Though I've never seen him, I could describe him. He's a dead-beat who probably cheats on his wife, drives with a 6-pack on his seat, and keeps his television up so loud that the neighbors can't sleep." Blind rage will sour your outlook. It'll break your back, not to mention your spirit. You will begin to slander, malinger and backslide. Not to mention you'll buckle under the weight of it and your reprobate life will cause you to continue to slide. The mountain before you is steep enough without carrying that load. (the grudge, the anger) Drop it! You'll never be called upon to give more grace, than God has already given you. Want to set yourself free today? Pray, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" Want to please God? Listen, "If you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased". The choice to stay angry is yours.
One day an eagle swooped down and caught up a weasel. As the big bird flew away, its wings suddenly went limp, and it dropped to the ground like a brick. With just one blow, the tiny weasel struck the eagle's heart and killed it. Bitterness will do the same thing to you! We all get angry at times, but Solomon says only a fool allows it to move in and take up residence. Hatred begins like the crack in my windshield. Thanks to a the beet truck on a Montana gravel road, my window was chipped. With time, the nick became a crack and the crack a winding tributary. For a time, I could not drive my car without thinking about the jerk that drove too fast. Though I've never seen him, I could describe him. He's a dead-beat who probably cheats on his wife, drives with a 6-pack on his seat, and keeps his television up so loud that the neighbors can't sleep." Blind rage will sour your outlook. It'll break your back, not to mention your spirit. You will begin to slander, malinger and backslide. Not to mention you'll buckle under the weight of it and your reprobate life will cause you to continue to slide. The mountain before you is steep enough without carrying that load. (the grudge, the anger) Drop it! You'll never be called upon to give more grace, than God has already given you. Want to set yourself free today? Pray, "Father, forgive them for they know not what they do" Want to please God? Listen, "If you suffer for doing good, and you are patient, then God is pleased". The choice to stay angry is yours.
Keep the Son in your eyes,
Pastor Ben J Lahay
Galatians 2:20
Pastor Ben J Lahay
Galatians 2:20
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