Sept. 2, 2011
Ephesians 4:26
"Be angry, and do not sin": do not let the sun go down on your wrath,"
I read this with a heavy heart. I think of the many times I have gone to sleep angry and bitter. Crying out to God in my bed, worn down, and hurt. The next morning, rolling out of bed, feeling like I was just hit by a freight train, the thoughts from the night before weighing on my body and mind. It affects the whole of my day.. Someone asks, "How are you this morning?" and I can't hide behind make-up, so I moan about how terrible my morning has been. When truthfully, my "bad morning" is the result of a night spent in wrath. When I let my anger take hold my night and I don't give it to God, when I don't let His peace be my center emotion, I am allowing that anger time to build. It burrows itself down in my heart, the negative thoughts taking root , growing until they overwhelm me. Then, do I cry out to my Savior, for freedom. He is so gracious. Even when He gives me forewarning, His word, to not allow that anger to settle, and I go against it, He's still there to lift me when I'm on my knees.
I need to ask God, each night, to cleanse my heart of whatever has been bothering me that day. Whatever has settled, to not allow it to expand, and give it to Him. Even if it is something small, I don't want to go to bed angry, but to be in God's perfect place of peace.
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