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SUNDAY, August 9 10 Pentecost
Ephesians 4:25-5:2. Be angry but do not sin; do not let the sun go down on your anger, and do not make room for the devil.
Anyone who says that anger is un-Christian or unspiritual has never read the Bible. Anger may be one of the seven deadly sins, but nearly everyone in scripture--from God, to the patriarchs, the kings, the psalmists and the prophets, Peter, Paul, and even Jesus himself--gets angry. There's righteous anger, indignant anger, wrathful anger, vengeful anger. There's the anger of betrayal, the anger of deceit, and the anger of a broken heart. It's all there, every kind of anger imaginable. And those who are angry often wish some awful things on the objects of their wrath: read Psalm 109 or Galatians 5:12. Let's face it; one of the universal human experiences is anger.
So where is the sin? Sin enters when we let our anger fester, when we enjoy it, when we are unwilling to resolve it. Sometimes this resolution requires sacrifice. Sometimes it requires humility and forgiveness. Sometimes it requires hard work. What it always requires is God's help.
PRAY for the Diocese of Ruwenzori (Uganda)
Ps 130 and 2 Samuel 18:5-9, 15, 31-33 –OR– Ps 34:1-8 and 1 Kings 19:4-8; John 6:35, 41-
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All other anger is sin and anything that flows from that anger is sin. As the author for today's meditation writes, 'sometimes it requires sacrifice, humility, and forgiveness', and 'it always requires God's help'. This is what Christ did for me and for all on the cross. He doesn't deserve any less than that from me.