Monday's thoughts

"Anger: Get Over It"

Sermon for Sunday January 18Th


You can tell a great deal about a person by the size of the thing that makes him or her angry. There are some things that ought to make us angry. In fact, sometimes the absence of anger is wrong. If we aren't angry about some things we aren't paying attention.

Anger is a great motivator to make changes and to make things better. Anger is a great mobilizer of groups so that systems that have been destructive can be addressed and reformed.

Jesus exhibited anger a number of times in his recorded life. He was angry at the money changers in the temple. He was angry at Herod and called him a fox. He was angry at the disciples at times when they were arguing among themselves as to which is them was more important. He was angry with the Pharisees and the Sadducee's from time to time. He was annoyed with Mary when he was visiting their house and she continued to clean the house in the midst of their visit.

What makes us angry?
Is it poverty?
Is it injustice?
Is it about what was done wrongly to us or to others?

How do we deal with our anger because anger can be destructive?

If we "lose it" we, often, don't have a chance to get it back. Generally, it is important to get in touch with our anger and to use it to mobilize us to do what needs to be done. In other words it is best to use our anger and not allow our anger to use us.

How do we do that?

How do you do it?

I'd like to hear from you. If you have thoughts about how one uses anger to mobilize into action write me at charlesschuster@fcfumc.net. If you are willing to have your thoughts posted on the church web page click on the box below.

Charles Schuster