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Am I familiar with Red? The answer is, of course I am. I have been seeing Red on and off for the last 38 years of my life. Red slowly became a tolerated nuisance I learned to deal with, although, not actually enjoy. In fact, since I accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as my Savior, Red has become an enormous, but welcome thorn in my side. As a new creature in Christ, I thought that it would be easy to control when I see Red, but that is not the case. Although I do actually see Red less than before, the fact that I see Red at all bothers me. Red, better known as my anger, still comes upon me like a bolt of lightning. One minute I am fine; the next I am in a rage and fighting myself about trying to calm down. Why do I get so angry? I don’t know, but my theory is that by making me lose my temper so much, Satan is trying to make me do something that causes me to lose sight of my faith. Fat chance of that! When I get that worked up, I turn to prayer, asking forgiveness for losing my temper and help to calm down. Even though I may not relax immediately, just like every promise God has made, I do receive the help I ask for, in His time. Would I prefer to not lose my temper? Absolutely, but then I remind myself that if I didn’t have something to keep me humble and needing His help, I may just fall for Satan’s games after all. To me, my anger is a small price to pay to have a reason, with no excuses, to come to our Father and seek just a little of his attention – the same type of attention I myself appreciate being able to give my own son.
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