"Slow to anger, and Quick to forgive."
You can take this sentence in many ways such as; be slow to become anger but when you become anger forgive right away, or possibly to hold in your anger and then when you are about to explode forgive. None of that is what I am trying to get at. So we are going to take this one step at a time.
When I say slow to anger I actually mean what is says. Instead of letting
your anger get the best of you and take over you should think it over what are you getting mad at. Is it a good reason and if it's not then think why is it bugging me. When you get to the bottom of what is making you mad you will see that you can take the next step to dealing with it, I will come to the next step in a bit. " He who is slow to anger is better then the mighty, and he who rules he spirit, than he who captures a city." Proverbs 16:32 (NAS)
Quick to forgive, what does it mean to be quick to forgive. Well
to be quick to forgive is the next step. When you have dealt with your anger forgiveness is the next step, or you will end up becoming bitter. To forgive someone who has offended you is not the easiest thing, infect it is actually pretty hard. To forgive is not forgetting and making what ever happened right it is just dealing with it on your end of the spectrum. Even if they don't accept your forgiveness or you never have the chance to tell them, it is giving it to God. You may not fell it right away but if you forgive in faith you will and it really does help deal with anger. I find that if you are quick to forgive you will be slow to anger. "Just let it go!"
Now I don't know if this made sense but I sure hope that it did and remember
be slow to anger and quick to forgive.
Yours truly,
Aimee R.M. Condon
You can take this sentence in many ways such as; be slow to become anger but when you become anger forgive right away, or possibly to hold in your anger and then when you are about to explode forgive. None of that is what I am trying to get at. So we are going to take this one step at a time.
When I say slow to anger I actually mean what is says. Instead of letting
your anger get the best of you and take over you should think it over what are you getting mad at. Is it a good reason and if it's not then think why is it bugging me. When you get to the bottom of what is making you mad you will see that you can take the next step to dealing with it, I will come to the next step in a bit. " He who is slow to anger is better then the mighty, and he who rules he spirit, than he who captures a city." Proverbs 16:32 (NAS)
Quick to forgive, what does it mean to be quick to forgive. Well
to be quick to forgive is the next step. When you have dealt with your anger forgiveness is the next step, or you will end up becoming bitter. To forgive someone who has offended you is not the easiest thing, infect it is actually pretty hard. To forgive is not forgetting and making what ever happened right it is just dealing with it on your end of the spectrum. Even if they don't accept your forgiveness or you never have the chance to tell them, it is giving it to God. You may not fell it right away but if you forgive in faith you will and it really does help deal with anger. I find that if you are quick to forgive you will be slow to anger. "Just let it go!"
Now I don't know if this made sense but I sure hope that it did and remember
be slow to anger and quick to forgive.
Yours truly,
Aimee R.M. Condon
1 comment:
thank you so much for you.....god sure sends angels in many different forms when you really need them...i've been so conflicted with anger lately and how i'm being pushed to stand up for myself that i actually feel the physical pain of it...now reading this i feel so enlightened and true to how i feel about this phrase because that is how i deal with anger and i think forgiveness is ideal....and i've been letting the people try to dictate how i should feel and handle my anger...even though i know its out of their love for me...but i am so grateful i came across your page after hours of googling...searching for the right words to express my feelings...god bless you aimee....
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