Notice on a slight format change:

Except for July 2012, these are mostly a collection of current devotional notes.

July 2012 is a re-write of old quiet times. My second child was born Nov 11, 1987 with multiple birth defects. I've been re-reading my QT notes from that time in my life, and have included them here. They cover the time before the birth and the few years immediately after the birth. They are tagged "historical." I added new insights and labeled them: ((TODAY, dd mmm yy)).

Monday, August 4, 2014

QT, 4 Aug 14, Prov 29:22, Anger hurts others and ourselves

22 A man of wrath stirs up strife,
and one given to anger causes much transgression.



NOTE: Fortunately, I don't seem to be a person who struggles routinely with anger. I do struggle at times with anger and those times are just as dangerous as the person who is routinely angry. Anger results in strife, which is essentially more anger among more people. And anger can cause much sin. We do or plan bad things to/for others, we talk (gossip) about others, we malign others, and sometimes we are violent to others. All this comes from anger. The answer is to learn to let go of anger, to forgive others, to pray for others, and to seek the good of others (all people). Otherwise, not only do we hurt others, we risk destroying the very fabric of our being with out of control anger.

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