Anger is not something to hold on to for a long period of time. When we do, it ends up hurting us. Like a cancer that eats us up from the inside out, anger darkens our hearts, spoils our attitudes, and sours our mindset.
"Let not the sun go down upon your wrath", writes Paul in Ephesians 4:26. His point is pretty simple: Don't let your day pass and the night arrive with anger still burning inside of you. Why? Because ultimately, you're just hurting yourself by holding onto a grudge.
Momentary anger that swells into long-term bitterness isn't good for you or me. A better way to live is this: Feel the anger, express the anger in an appropriate way to the appropriate people, then get over it. There comes a point with our anger where we have to cut it loose, set if free, and let it go. We can't stay mad forever. Life has to go on.
Joy and peace are to be our constant travel companions in The Lord. Not anger. Let's remember that.
Don't live mad at the world. Choose to enjoy your life in the presence of God. Let go of that anger and walk in calmness. That's a much better way to live.
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