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"Daddy,” the little boy asked, “How does war start?” “Well,” answered his daddy, “In World War I the Germans marched into Belgium and…” His wife interrupted, “You’re wrong. The Archduke was assassinated. You’ve got the wrong war.”
“Who did our son ask? Just shut up and stay out of this.” Now his wife was beginning to steam, “If you weren’t so dumb I wouldn’t have had to say anything.” As their anger escalated the little boy broke in, “You don’t have to say any more. I have the answer.”
Ecclesiastes 7:9 explains what
really happened, “Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger
resides in the lap of fools.” or as Will Rodgers once commented, “Anyone who flies off in a rage is going to have a very rocky landing.
Someone once said of Jesus, “He had to be divine. No mortal man could have been that patient.” Indeed, Jesus could not have loved so much if He had not been patient so often.
People get mad about the strangest things.
Not too long ago, one of the inevitable poll takers asked 100 college
women and 35 college men to list the things that made them angry. The 100 women listed 274 items. The 35 men 251. A sampling of the list makes you wonder whether you should laugh or cry. They got mad at:
1. People at red light.
2. People at green lights.
3. People talking too much.
4. People talking too little.
5. People out to get me
6. People who don’t pay any attention to me.
Anger? Anger is a wind that blows out the lamp of the mind and the wind blows strong these days. Indeed, not that long ago U.S. News reported that a serious crime is committed in America every six seconds, most of them because of anger. The average man loses his temper 6 times a week, the average woman 3. Many psychologists argue that anger out of control is the cause of most depression.
What is more important than how often we get angry is what we get angry about? To seek to learn how to be angry at an idea, but not at people. Yes, there is such a thing as righteous indignation, but most indignation is not righteous, just indignant.
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