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Topic: Anger (01/24/05)
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TITLE: How Angry Has God Been With You? | Previous Challenge Entry
By Kimberly Crews
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We hurt, try to deceive and manipulate, misuse, abuse, ignore and disobey God all of the time, but He continues to have mercy upon us; forgiving us and allowing us yet another chance. We disobey Him continuously, but He continues to open the windows of heaven pouring out blessings we know we don’t deserve.
We don’t have a right to be angry at anyone because if God treated us as we deserved to be treated, He would cut us off, never giving us the opportunity to talk to, fellowship, and commune with Him again; but, He remains faithful to us.
When our friends, family members or spouses do things that just seem to be the ultimate betrayal, if we choose to allow the relationship to remain open, we hold it in the prison of unforgiveness by placing limitations on how close they can get and what we can and will do for them. When we ask God for forgiveness, He forgives and it’s never remembered again. The same benefits of the relationship we experienced before the trespass become open to us again.
If we are His children; why don’t we act like Him? Why do we become angry and try to make people pay for what they’ve done? The word of God says, “Forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” You are asking God to forgive you as you forgive others; therefore, if you haven’t totally forgiven others, there is still some sin hanging over your head.
Anger is an emotion that has the power
To take over your train of thought at any given hour.
It only takes a simple gesture
To find yourself taking or giving a lecture
About what you feel is right or wrong,
Or to make you walk off and leave those closest to you alone.
We become angry because of so many situations and circumstances,
And we are determined to limit the chances
That others have to bring out of us the spirit of anger
Never realizing that we are placing our own souls in danger
By cutting people off or refusing to allow forgiveness to enter our hearts
So that regret, resentment, and envy tears us apart
From God and the purpose He has for this life;
We are only creating our own misery and strife.
When our kids do as we have told them not to,
Becoming angry is something that’s not very hard to do.
We immediately decide what’s the best way to make them suffer,
Never even realizing that God’s grace and mercy is the buffer
That protects us from the chastisement we really deserve
When, we, as children, get on our Father’s nerve
By being disobedient in going our own way
And choosing the path that leads us astray.
Just how angry has God been with you
When you’ve chosen to disobey what He’s told you to do?
We become angry with our spouses and try to create a living hell
For the life they live, and unforgiveness is their jail cell,
Holding them bondage for not doing as you thought they should
When they really were doing the best they could.
Just how angry has God been with you
When He knew that your heart was far from being true
To Him in the life that you live;
But, for your unfaithfulness, He chose to forgive?
We become angry on the job and decide it’s the place to rest
Because the supervisor is so unappreciative and receptive to your best
Never even thinking that God gives us His best with no restraints
And we continuously go to Him with selfish prayers and complaints.
Just how angry has God been with you
When the right to live is so much more than what you are due;
But, you complain and are never satisfied
That, for you, He gave His Son, and His Son died?
Do you really have the right to be angry and harbor hate in your heart
When God continuously forgives you for allowing sin to tear you apart
From Him and the purpose He has for your life
And not being receptive and appreciative of His precious sacrifice?
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