So is it right....

I have been thinking a bit this week about my reaction to the events surrounding my cousin last week. It was interesting that I have never felt that way before and so I am not sure how to respond. Sure there are times that I am angry with someone, but those I would classify as immature and ill founded and are usually not long lived. Note, the author is not expressing that he has reached any measurable levels of maturity or rational living, rather he is comparing the bases for specific reactions.

But as I said before, this reaction was different. It was the sweet and innocent being bullied by another simply because the second is bigger. It happens every day but this hit close to home. It was a reaction of defense for someone that you love.

But was it right? That is a question that I have asked myself much this week. Do I have the right to be angry about it? Is it right for me as a sinner to be angry with another just because their sin effected someone I love?

However, there are examples of a righteous anger in the Bible. The Bible allows for some anger without sin. But was this such? And saying that it was, how long can one feel this way?
Questions, questions, question......I have not solved them. I have ideas but ................I don't know.

May I never have the chance to test those ideas.

I do know one thing. God has a sense of humor. Tonights youth group lesson was on
Matt. 5:21-23!

Comments

slowlane said…
I think the problem is just that we frequently aim our anger in the wrong direction. We do need to be angry that sin has invaded the world. We are supposed to be angry at the affects of sin. And I think we need to learn better how to be angry at Satan.

We just have to remember, in being angry at a person, that "but for the grace of God there go I."
February 23, 2007 at 6:40 PM
slowlane said…
In thinking it over some more, I think we are also encouraged to have a godly jealousy about the church. In other words, we can be righteously angry if a Christian is sinning vagrantly and refuses to repent.
March 2, 2007 at 9:35 AM
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